Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-3910
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act - Expands the enumerated powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the authority to provide nonpostal services.</p> <p>Removes existing conditions that limit nonpostal services to certain services offered as of January 1, 2006.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3910 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2014 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act . 2. Authority to offer nonpostal services Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (9) to provide nonpostal services. ; and (2) by striking subsection (e).