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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3003 

To authorize the United States Postal Service to offer identity proofing 

and identity-related services to the private sector. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 30 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2023 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the United States Postal Service to offer identity proofing and identity-related services to the private 

sector. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post Office Services 

5 for Trustworthy Identity Act’’ or the ‘‘POST ID Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. USPS IDENTITY PROOFING AND IDENTITY-RELATED 

7 SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 37 of title 39, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating section 3705 as section 

2 3706; and 

3 (2) by inserting after section 3704 the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘§ 3705. Identity proofing and identity-related serv6 ices for private sector 

7 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘identity 

8 proofing and identity- related services’ means any service 

9 whereby an individual provides sufficient information, 

10 such as identity history, credentials, or other identifying 

11 information, to support establishing the identity of the in12 dividual. 

13 ‘‘(b) OPTION TO OFFER IDENTITY PROOFING AND

14 IDENTITY-RELATED SERVICES TO PRIVATE SECTOR.— 

15 The Postal Service may offer identity proofing and iden16 tity-related services to the private sector in accordance 

17 with this section. 

18 ‘‘(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—If the Postal Service 

19 chooses to offer identity proofing and identity-related serv20 ices under this section, the services shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) support establishing the identity of an in22 dividual using such government-issued documenta23 tion as the Postal Service determines sufficient; and 

24 ‘‘(2) include the issuance of authenticators to 

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1 tate enrollment in services for which the individual 

2 is being verified, which authenticators may— 

3 ‘‘(A) be specific to a given service for 

4 which the individual is being identified; 

5 ‘‘(B) be general purpose, for use in iden6 tity proofing with future services; 

7 ‘‘(C) be physical devices; 

8 ‘‘(D) be issued in a digital format to an ac9 count or other system; or 

10 ‘‘(E) be single use. 

11 ‘‘(d) OPTIONAL ELEMENTS.—If the Postal Service 

12 chooses to offer identity proofing and identity-related serv13 ices under this section, the services may— 

14 ‘‘(1) be offered at any post office; 

15 ‘‘(2) be offered by an authorized employee of 

16 the Postal Service at any other location, such as the 

17 home of an individual being verified; 

18 ‘‘(3) include, subject to the consent of the indi19 vidual being verified, concurrent enrollment with or 

20 verification for multiple customers or other entities 

21 for which the Postal Service provides identity proof22 ing services, including public agencies; 

23 ‘‘(4) include multiple levels of assurance, such 

24 as the assurance levels described in Special Publica25 tion 800–63, ‘Digital Identity Guidelines’, published 


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1 by the National Institute of Standards and Tech2 nology; 

3 ‘‘(5) include enrollment in or creation of a dig4 ital account for use in digitally authenticating the 

5 individual in the future, including to third parties; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(6) include a mechanism whereby any entity 

8 may sponsor an individual by paying the cost of the 

9 identity verification of the individual. 

10 ‘‘(e) FEES.—The Postal Service shall charge fees for 

11 the identity proofing and identity-related services offered 

12 under this section under such structure and at such rates 

13 as the Postal Service determines appropriate to cover at 

14 least 100 percent of the costs attributable to the provision 

15 of those services. 

16 ‘‘(f) POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULA17 TIONS.—The Postal Regulatory Commission may issue 

18 such regulations as the Commission determines necessary 

19 to— 

20 ‘‘(1) ensure that the identity proofing and iden21 tity-related services under this section would provide 

22 a net contribution to the Postal Service, defined as 

23 revenue that covers at least 100 percent of the costs 

24 attributable to the provision of those services in each 

25 year; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) ensure that offering identity proofing and 

2 identity-related services under this section does not 

3 conflict with the core mission of the Postal Service. 

4 ‘‘(g) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be 

5 construed to— 

6 ‘‘(1) authorize the Postal Service to offer any 

7 service to the private sector, other than identity 

8 proofing and identity-related services, that is not 

9 otherwise authorized by law; or 

10 ‘‘(2) obligate the Postal Service to offer any 

11 service. 

12 ‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 

13 be construed to inhibit, restrict, or place any new obliga14 tion on any identity proofing or identity-related service of15 fered by the Postal Service as of the day before the date 

16 of enactment of the Post Office Services for Trustworthy 

17 Identity Act.’’. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

19 The table of sections for chapter 37 of title 39, United 

20 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

21 section 3705 and inserting the following: 

‘‘3705. Identity proofing and identity-related services for private sector. 

‘‘3706. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services.’’. 

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