Protect Overnight Delivery Act

Bill: 114-hr-784
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-05
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Overnight Delivery Act</strong></p> <p>Repeals the service standards for market-dominant products implemented by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on January 5, 2015, and directs USPS to reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 784 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2015 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Higgins , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Tonko , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Himes , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Ellison , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Esty , Ms. Brown of Florida , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Fudge , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Israel , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Serrano , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Rush , Ms. Lee , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Welch , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Sires , Mr. Keating , Mr. Walz , Ms. Titus , Mr. Ruiz , Ms. Norton , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Swalwell of California , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Grijalva , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Lewis , Mr. Payne , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Conyers , Ms. Chu of California , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California , and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Overnight Delivery Act . 2. Market-dominant product service standards With respect to market-dominant products (as that term is described in subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code)— (1) the service standards implemented by the United States Postal Service and in effect on January 5, 2015, shall have no force or effect; and (2) the Postal Service shall reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.