UPDATED USPS Act
Bill: S.4809 | Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick (R-FL)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal Service Act or the UPDATED USPS Act
This bill modifies requirements relating to advance electronic information for cargo.
Specifically, the bill eliminates
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must refuse entry for any international mail shipments for which advance electronic information is not transmitted for shipments received after December 31, 2022.
By December 31, 2022, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) shall arrange for the transmission to CBP of information for all international mail shipments. The USPS, at least every 30 days, must publish the number of such shipments for which the information was not transmitted to CBP during the preceding 30-day period.
The bill requires monthly reports of specified information, including the volume of international mail shipments and other cargo received by the USPS and private sector importers for which advance electronic information is submitted.

To strengthen the requirements relating to advance electronic 
             information for cargo, 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 ``Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for 
Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal 
Service Act'' or the ``UPDATED USPS Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ADVANCE ELECTRONIC 
              INFORMATION FOR CARGO.

    (a) Elimination of Restriction on Use of Advance Electronic 
Information for Commercial Enforcement.--Section 343(a)(3)(F) of the 
Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(F)) is 
amended by striking ``, and shall'' and all that follows through 
``thereunder''.
    (b) Elimination of Waivers of Requirement To Transmit Advance 
Electronic Information for Countries.--
            (1) In general.--Section 343(a)(3)(K)(vi) of the Customs 
        Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vi)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking subclauses (II), (III), and (IV); 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``(I) Notwithstanding'' and 
                inserting ``Notwithstanding''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Requirement To Refuse Shipments for Which Advance Electronic 
Information Is Not Transmitted.--Section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii) of the 
Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vii)) is 
amended to read as follows:
                    ``(vii) The Commissioner shall refuse entry for any 
                international mail shipments described in clause (i) 
                received after December 31, 2022, for which the 
                information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is not 
                transmitted as required under this subparagraph.''.
    (d) Inclusion of Letter Class Mail; Publication of Number of 
Shipments for Which Advance Electronic Information Not Transmitted.--
Section 343(a)(3)(K) of the Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19 
U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (viii) and (ix) as clauses (x) 
        and (xi), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
                    ``(viii) Not later than December 31, 2022, the 
                Postal Service shall arrange for the transmission to 
                the Commissioner of the information described in 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) for all international mail 
                shipments.
                    ``(ix) Not less frequently than every 30 days, the 
                Postal Service shall publish on a publicly accessible 
                internet website the number of international mail 
                shipments for which the information described in 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) was not transmitted to the 
                Commissioner under this subparagraph during the 
                preceding 30-day period.''.
    (e) Monthly Report.--Section 343(a) of the Customs Border Security 
Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(6) Monthly report.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of the UPDATED USPS Act, and every 30 
        days thereafter, the Secretary shall publish, for the preceding 
        30-day period, the following information:
                    ``(A) The total volume of international mail 
                shipments and other cargo received by the Postal 
                Service and private sector importers for which advance 
                electronic information is submitted under this section.
                    ``(B) The number of packages included in such 
                shipments and cargo that U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection requested to screen and the number of 
                packages provided for such screening by the Postal 
                Service and private sector importers.
                    ``(C) An assessment of the results of inspections 
                by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of international 
                mail facilities and private sector importers, including 
                the number of goods inspected and seized.
                    ``(D) The volume of Inbound Express Mail Service 
                items entered under section 13031(b)(9)(D) of the 
                Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 
                (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(D)).
                    ``(E) The total amount of fees paid to U.S. Customs 
                and Border Protection by the Postal Service and private 
                sector importers under that section.
                    ``(F) The number of international mail shipments, 
                disaggregated by letters and packages, received from 
                each foreign country.''.
    (f) Technical Amendments.--Section 343 of the Customs Border 
Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(G), by striking the second period 
        at the end;
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term `Secretary' 
means the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security acting jointly.''; and
            (3) by striking ``the Customs Service'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection''.
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