Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2023

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad, Military personnel and dependents, Postal service, U.S. Postal Service, User charges and fees

Summary:  <p><b>Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address that limit the charge for distance traveled.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 299 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 299

  To amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the United States 
 Postal Service to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by 
  priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, 
 Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2023

Mr. Norcross (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the United States 
 Postal Service to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by 
  priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, 
 Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES OF POSTAGE FOR PACKAGES SHIPPED BY 
              PRIORITY MAIL FROM THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN ARMY 
              POST OFFICE, FLEET POST OFFICE, OR DIPLOMATIC POST 
              OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3632 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Exemption.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Postal 
Service shall establish rates of postage for packages shipped by 
priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, 
Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address whereby such 
packages may not be charged a zoned rate greater than the zone 2 rate 
(as that term is defined in section 608.9 of the Domestic Mail Manual, 
or any successor manual).''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2401 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) As reimbursement to the Postal Service for the costs of 
carrying out subsection (d) of section 3632, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Postal Service for any fiscal year an amount equal 
to the revenue difference between the estimated revenue the Postal 
Service would have received during such fiscal year if such subsection 
had not been enacted and the estimated revenue the Postal Service would 
receive during such fiscal year as a result of carrying out such 
subsection.''.
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