STOP Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 18, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018
This bill establishes requirements related to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) international mail shipments. Among other requirements, the bill requires USPS to gather advanced data on its shipments and share such information with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and assesses a fee on on overseas inbound express mail.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2018 to Jun 8, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 15, 2018 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | May 15, 2018 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | May 15, 2018 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 8, 2018 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 15, 2018Markup May 16, 2018Reported Jun 8, 2018 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2018 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 15, 2018Discharged Jun 11, 2018 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 15, 2018Discharged Jun 8, 2018 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2018 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2018 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 14, 2018Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 934. (consideration: CR H5163-5172)
- Jun 14, 2018Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2851, H.R. 5735 and H.R. 5788 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
- Jun 14, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5788.
- Jun 14, 2018The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E901 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Jun 22, 2018 |
| House · Senate · Extensions | Debate and remarks E841, H5163–H5172, S3945–S3947Text printed H5164–H5166Recorded votes H5184enact | Andy Harris R-MD, Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Danny K. Davis D-IL, David G. Reichert R-WA, Erik Paulsen R-MN, J. French Hill R-AR, John J. Faso R-NY, Kevin Brady R-TX, Mike Bishop R-MI, Pete Sessions R-TX, Peter J. Roskam R-IL, Richard E. Neal D-MA, Rob Portman R-OH | Jun 14, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5107–H5115Text printed H5107Amendments H5113Recorded votes H5114, H5115consideration (H. Res. 934), previous question | Andy Barr R-KY, Ben Ray Luján D-NM, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Jared Polis D-CO (amendment), Ken Buck R-CO, Lloyd Doggett D-TX | Jun 13, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5001 | Kevin McCarthy R-CA, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Jun 8, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 7, 2018H.R. 5788, Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 16, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 79, May 15, 2018, page H3977.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-815 | TRADE AND COMMERCE AT U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY108 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 18, 2018 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN10960 | Universal Postal Union to Convene an Extraordinary Congress Archived | Insight | Aug 29, 2018 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 783 | Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 934, the amendment printed in Part C of the Rules committee report, modified by the amendment printed in Part D of the report is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | House amendment offered |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain international mail shipments and to require the provision of advance electronic information on international mail shipments of mail, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- STOP Act of 2018
- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government information and archives
- Government liability
- Government studies and investigations
- International law and treaties
- Postal service
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Terrorism
- U.S. Postal Service
- User charges and fees
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 14, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 11, 2018Reported in House
- May 15, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
