Protect Overnight Delivery Act

H.R. 784 · 114th Congress · Feb 5, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products, and for other purposes.

This Act may be cited as the “Protect Overnight Delivery Act”.

With respect to market-dominant products (as that term is described in subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code)—

(1)

the service standards implemented by the United States Postal Service and in effect on January 5, 2015, shall have no force or effect; and

(2)

the Postal Service shall reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.

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Feb 5, 2015viewing Introduced in House Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Tonko, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Himes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Esty, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Israel, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Rush, Ms. Lee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Welch, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Sires, Mr. Keating, Mr. Walz, Ms. Titus, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Norton, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Payne, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Chu of California, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform