Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2638
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-04-10
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

International law and treaties

International organizations and cooperation

Postal service

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of State to seek to negotiate before the Universal Postal Union the elimination of all foreign subsidies for international postal shipments to the United States.</p> <p>The State Department may not conclude any international postal shipment agreement unless the postal rates granted to U.S. exporters under the agreement are similar to those granted to exporters in other countries that are parties to the agreement.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2638 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2018 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of State to seek to negotiate the elimination of all foreign subsidies for international postal shipments to the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies Act of 2018 . 2. Negotiations with the Universal Postal Union (a) Elimination of all foreign subsidies for international postal shipments Not later than January 1, 2021, the Secretary of State shall seek to negotiate before the Universal Postal Union (in this section referred to as the UPU ) the elimination of all foreign subsidies for international postal shipments to the United States. (b) Future agreements The Secretary may not conclude any international agreement relating to postal shipments after the date of the enactment of this Act unless the postal rates granted to United States exporters under the agreement are similar to the postal rates granted to exporters in other countries that are parties to the agreement.