HR 1859 · 106th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Postal Rate Transition Act

Introduced 1999-05-19· Sponsored by Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.(1999-05-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Postal Rate Transition Act - Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from requesting the first rate increase for first-class postage after enactment of this Act until reporting to Congress on: (1) the number of one-cent stamps printed to facilitate the first-class rate increase implemented as of January 10, 1999; (2) how the U.S. Postal Service determined how many of such one-cent stamps should be printed to facilitate such implementation; (3) the number of one-cent stamps that would have been printed during calendar year 1999 if such rate increase had not been implemented; and (4) the cost of printing them. Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from implementing the first rate increase for first-class postage recommended by the Postal Rate Commission after enactment of this Act until reporting to Congress an estimate of the number of stamps at a compensatory price that need to be printed to facilitate the rate increase. Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service, with respect to the first increase in the first-class rate after enactment of this Act, during the 30 days following the first day of such increase, from: (1) failing to accept first-class mail weighing one ounce or less because a 33-cent s…

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