To amend title 39, United States Code, to require the United States Postal Service to establish rates for delivery of inbound international mail that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic mailers, to review foreign practices with respect to the exchange of e-commerce goods with the United States, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 20, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill limits the authority of the Department of State with respect to international postal agreements that would require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to establish a classification, rate, or fee for any postal service.
The Board of Governors of the USPS must establish reasonable and equitable classes of mail and reasonable and equitable rates of postage and fees for the transportation and delivery within the United States of documents and goods received from other countries. Such classifications, rates, and fees shall be regulated by the Postal Regulatory Commission in the same manner as comparable domestic classifications, rates, and fees, and shall be available to users of domestic postal services under the same terms and conditions as provided to foreign post offices and other entities tendering documents and goods from other countries to the USPS.
The classifications, rates, and fees established by the USPS shall not discriminate between documents or goods received from other countries based on the country of origin, the nationality of the sender, or the ownership or governmental designation of the entity tendering the documents or goods to it.
The State Department may not conclude a treaty, convention, or other intergovernmental agreement that requires the USPS to provide preferential classifications, rates, or fees for the transportation and delivery within the United States of documents and goods received from other countries unless specified conditions are met.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2018 to Jul 24, 2018, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Original | Apr 16, 2018 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Apr 16, 2018 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jul 24, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Apr 16, 2018Introduced in House
- Apr 16, 2018Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- International law and treaties
- Postal service
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- U.S. Postal Service
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2018Introduced in House
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