STOP Act of 2017
Latest action · Feb 14, 2017 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the consignee (i.e., the entity financially responsible for the receipt of a shipment) for merchandise, excluding documents, imported through the mail into the United States. The Postmaster General must designate licensed customs brokers to file required documents or information for such shipments.
The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a customs user fee on postal shipments or any other item valued at $2,000 or less arriving at an international mail facility.
The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information for all postal shipments by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), including postal shipments it receives from foreign postal operators.
The Postmaster General:
- shall be liable for civil penalties for postal shipment violations committed by a foreign postal operator or the USPS;
- may be directly or indirectly responsible for discrepancies resulting from omissions made or false information provided by a foreign postal operator or the USPS; and
- shall ensure that all costs and penalties associated with complying with this bill are recouped from foreign shippers, foreign postal operators, or U.S. ultimate consignees.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2017 to Jun 6, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 14, 2017 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Feb 14, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 14, 2017 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Feb 15, 2017 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 1, 2017 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | May 1, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Luther Strange | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jul 20, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Aug 2, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Sep 12, 2017 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Sep 19, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Feb 12, 2018 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Apr 9, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 6, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5747 | Rob Portman R-OH | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5605 | Rob Portman R-OH | Aug 15, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5102 | Rob Portman R-OH | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4492 | Rob Portman R-OH | Jun 27, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3743 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN | Jun 12, 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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48380 | Imports and the Section 321 (De Minimis) Exemption: Origins, Evolution, and Use | Report | Jan 31, 2025 |
| IN10960 | Universal Postal Union to Convene an Extraordinary Congress Archived | Insight | Aug 29, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1057 | STOP Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Feb 5, 2018 |
| HR 5531 | Opioid Emergency Response Act | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- STOP Act of 2017
- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
