Title: RAISE VET FUND Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Restoring Access, Improving Service to Enable Veterans Engaging To Fundraise Act of 2018 or the RAISE VET FUND Act
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to allow veterans service organizations (VSOs) that are recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to solicit donations by distributing items that are veterans symbols at a post office on the two business days before and after a federal holiday or Flag Day. VA-recognized VSOs include certain service organizations that are congressionally chartered and those that are not.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3187 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3187

  To authorize veterans service organizations to solicit donations at 
            post offices before and after Federal holidays.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2018

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize veterans service organizations to solicit donations at 
            post offices before and after Federal holidays.

    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 ``Restoring Access, Improving Service 
to Enable Veterans Engaging To Fundraise Act of 2018'' or the ``RAISE 
VET FUND Act''.

SEC. 2. SOLICITATION BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AT POST OFFICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Solicitation by Veterans Service Organizations at Post 
Offices.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `business day' means a day on which 
                a post office is open;
                    ``(B) the term `Federal holiday' means--
                            ``(i) a legal public holiday under section 
                        6103(a) of title 5; and
                            ``(ii) Flag Day, as designated under 
                        section 110 of title 36;
                    ``(C) the term `holiday period' means the period 
                beginning 2 business days before, and ending 2 business 
                days after, a Federal holiday; and
                    ``(D) the term `veterans service organization' 
                means an organization recognized by the Secretary of 
                Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans 
                under section 5902 of title 38.
            ``(2) Authorization.--The Postal Service shall permit a 
        veterans service organization to solicit donations by 
        distributing items that are symbols for veterans at a post 
        office on any business day during a holiday period.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall 
promulgate regulations governing the use of post offices by veterans 
service organizations, including with respect to scheduling, under 
subsection (f) of section 404 of title 39, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 404 of title 39, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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