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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6045 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the 
importer of record for non-letter class mail and to require the provision 
of advance electronic information about shipments of non-letter class 
mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 
Mr. TIBERI (for himself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MARCHANT, and Mr. 
ROTHFUS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster 
General the importer of record for non-letter class mail 
and to require the provision of advance electronic infor-
mation about shipments of non-letter class mail to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Synthetics Trafficking 
and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘STOP Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO UNITED STATES MAIL SECU-
RITY. 
(a) IMPORTER OF RECORD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
484(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1484(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B)(i) When an entry of merchandise is made 
under this section, the required documentation or in-
formation shall be filed or electronically trans-
mitted— 
‘‘(I) by the owner or purchaser of the mer-
chandise; 
‘‘(II) when appropriately designated by the 
owner, purchaser, or consignee of the merchan-
dise, by a person holding a valid license under 
section 641; or 
‘‘(III) in the case of non-letter class mail, 
by the Postmaster General or a designee of the 
Postmaster General, which may include a per-
son holding a valid license under section 641. 
‘‘(ii) When a consignee declares on entry that 
he or she is the owner or purchaser of merchandise, 
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection may, without 
liability, accept the declaration. 
‘‘(iii) For the purposes of this Act, the importer 
of record must be one of the parties who is eligible 
to file the documentation or information required by 
this section. 
‘‘(iv) In this subparagraph, the term ‘non-letter 
class mail’ means any product of the United States 
Postal Service or a Universal Postal Union des-
ignated operator that is provided pursuant to— 
‘‘(I) the Universal Postal Union’s Parcel 
Post Regulations and Final Protocol; or 
‘‘(II) the Universal Postal Union’s Letter 
Post Regulations and Final Protocol, except 
‘small letters’ as defined in Article RL 124(1), 
as such regulations were in effect on the date 
of the enactment of the Synthetics Trafficking 
and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that 
is six months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) INFORMAL ENTRIES.—Section 498 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1498) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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(e) MANDATORY ADVANCED ELECTRONIC INFORMA-
TION FOR NON-LETTER CLASS MAIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (K) of section 
343(a)(3) of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–210; 19 U.S.C. 2071 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(K) The Secretary shall require the Post-
master General to provide the information re-
quired in paragraphs (1) and (2) to U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection for any non-letter 
class mail (as that term is defined in clause (iv) 
of section 484(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)(2)(B))) imported into 
the United States.’’. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall issue regulations to 
carry out subparagraph (K) of section 343(a)(3) of 
the Trade Act of 2002, as amended by paragraph 
(1). 
(f) LIMITATION
ON INTERNATIONAL POSTAL AR-
RANGEMENTS.—The Secretary of State may not conclude 
any international postal arrangement pursuant to the au-
thority set out in section 407 of title 39, United States 
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Code, that is inconsistent with this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act. 
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