Common Sense Postal Delivery Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5750
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Common Sense Postal Delivery Restoration Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from requiring centralized delivery (whereby mail receptacles of a number of delivery points are grouped or clustered at a single location) for certain residential housing units that: (1) were approved, before April 5, 2012, for construction; (2) would have been eligible for curbside delivery had they been constructed before such date; and (3) were not approved to receive such curbside delivery as of such date.</p> <p>The USPS must establish curbside delivery (whereby a mail receptacle is situated at the edge of a sidewalk abutting a road or curb, or at a road or curb, and can be served by a letter carrier from a motorized vehicle) for such units.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5750 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2016 Mr. Collins of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To direct the United States Postal Service to limit the use of centralized mail delivery for certain residential housing units, to prevent the taking of private property from homeowners, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Common Sense Postal Delivery Restoration Act of 2016 . 2. Limitation on centralized delivery (a) In general In the case of a residential housing unit described in subsection (b), the United States Postal Service— (1) may not require centralized delivery, including the use of cluster boxes, for the unit; and (2) shall establish curbside delivery for such unit. (b) Residential housing unit A residential housing unit under this section is a unit of residential housing covered by section 631.3 of the Postal Operations Manual (as in effect on April 5, 2012) that— (1) before April 5, 2012, held all required permits and approvals for construction issued by the applicable local government; (2) would have been eligible for curbside delivery had the unit been constructed before April 5, 2012; and (3) was not approved to receive such delivery as of April 5, 2012. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Centralized delivery The term centralized delivery means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail receptacles of a number of delivery points are grouped or clustered at a single location. (2) Curbside delivery The term curbside delivery means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby a mail receptacle is situated at the edge of a sidewalk abutting a road or curb, at a road, or at a curb, and can be served by a letter carrier from a motorized vehicle.