HJRES 98 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Providing for a 3-year moratorium on postage rate increases for nonprofit organizations and certain other mailers.

Introduced Jun 17, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 17, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 17, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Declares that for the three-year period beginning with the approval of this resolution, rates of postage shall not be increased for: (1) periodicals with a paid or requester circulation per issue of less than 50,000; (2) any issue of a periodical the advertising portion of which is less than 20 percent of such issue; and (3) any publication of a nonprofit organization.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2002 to Sep 4, 2002, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Jun 17, 2002
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jun 21, 2002
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Jun 21, 2002
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		Jul 9, 2002
D-CA	Bob Filner		Sep 4, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 17, 2002Introduced in House
Jun 17, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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