3.0.0 3292 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z Senate S 2016-09-07 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-07T19:42:41Z STOP Act of 2016 114 6045 HR 2016-09-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2016-09-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5370-5373) IntroReferral 2016-09-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2016-09-07 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-09-07 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2016-09-15 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2016-09-27 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-09-28 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2016-09-28 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2016-09-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-01T20:09:42Z Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 or the STOP Act of 2016

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General or Postmaster General designee, including a person holding a valid customs broker's license, the importer of record for non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

The term "non-letter class mail" means any product of the U.S. Postal Service or a Universal Postal Union designated operator that is provided pursuant to:

  • the Universal Postal Union's Parcel Post Regulations and Final Protocol; or
  • the Universal Postal Union's Letter Post Regulations and Final Protocol, except small letters, as in effect upon enactment of this bill.

The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a duty of $1 on each item of non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information on non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

]]> STOP Act of 2016 Display Title STOP Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced STOP Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the importer of record for the non-letter class mail and to require the provision of advance electronic information about shipments of non-letter class mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3292is/xml/BILLS-114s3292is.xml 2016-09-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5370-5373) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.