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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.

USA115th CongressHR-5524| House 
| Updated: 4/20/2018
Kenny Marchant

Kenny Marchant

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
Leonard Lance (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Ted Poe (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Joe Barton (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Apr 16, 2018
Introduced in House
Apr 16, 2018
Referred 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.
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  • April 16, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • April 16, 2018
    Referred 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.


  • April 20, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Government Operations and Politics

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightForeign and international corporationsGovernment studies and investigationsInternational law and treatiesPostal serviceTrade agreements and negotiationsUser charges and feesU.S. Postal Service

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.

USA115th CongressHR-5524| House 
| Updated: 4/20/2018
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.
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Timeline
Apr 16, 2018
Introduced in House
Apr 16, 2018
Referred 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.
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  • April 16, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • April 16, 2018
    Referred 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.


  • April 20, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Kenny Marchant

Kenny Marchant

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
Leonard Lance (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Ted Poe (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Joe Barton (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightForeign and international corporationsGovernment studies and investigationsInternational law and treatiesPostal serviceTrade agreements and negotiationsUser charges and feesU.S. Postal Service