Military Care Package Program Act

Bill: 116-hr-5134
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-11-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Defense spending

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Military Care Package Program Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides for free postage for a military care package mailed by a family member to a member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation and addressed to a postal facility located at an Armed Forces installation. </p> <p> The Department of Defense shall reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for carrying out this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5134 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2019 Ms. Barragán introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that care packages mailed to a member of the Armed Forces by any family member shall be carried at no cost to the family member, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Care Package Program Act . 2. No-cost mailing of care packages to members of the Armed Forces (a) In general Chapter 34 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3401 the following new section: 3402. Mailing privileges of family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States (a) A military care package shall be carried at no cost to the sender if the package— (1) is mailed to an individual who is a member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation; (2) is mailed by a family member of such individual; and (3) is addressed to a postal facility located at an Armed Forces installation. (b) The Department of Defense shall reimburse the Postal Service for carrying out this section consistent, to the greatest extent practicable, with the requirements of the second sentence of subsection (c) and subsection (e) of section 3401. (c) This section shall be administered under such conditions, and under such regulations, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Defense jointly may prescribe. (d) In this section— (1) the term contingency operation has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10; and (2) the term family member means a parent, sibling, spouse, or child of an individual who is a member of the Armed Forces. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3401 the following new item: 3402. Mailing privileges of family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States. .