Postal Police Authority Clarifying Act

Bill: 117-hr-8186
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-06-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Postal Police Authority Clarifying Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that U.S. Postal Service (USPS) police officers have the authority to protect mail, USPS property, and USPS employees.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8186 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2022 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the authority of United States Postal Service police officers to protect Postal Service mail, employees, and property outside of property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Postal Police Authority Clarifying Act . 2. Authority of Postal Service police officers to protect Postal Service mail, employees, and property outside of Postal Service real property Section 3061(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking of property and all that follows through the period and inserting of the mail, Postal Service employees, or any property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, including persons on such property. ; (2) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by striking such property each place it appears and inserting such duty ; (3) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking for the protection of persons and property ; and (4) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking , on and off and all that follows through on the property .