Keep Mail Safe Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Mail Safe Act
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to report to Congress on retrofitting mail collection boxes to prevent mail theft. The report shall include (1) a strategic plan to retrofit all mail collection boxes with narrow mail slots; (2) a statement of the resources necessary to carry out such plan; and (3) with respect to any mail collection boxes that have been retrofitted on the date of enactment of this bill, information on their locations, the security enhancements made, and the reasons for their retrofitting.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2019 to Jul 10, 2019, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 10, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Jun 27, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E861)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2019Introduced in House
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