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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4712" measure-id="id114hr4712" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2016-03-03" update-date="2016-11-18">
<title>Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr4712v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-11-18">
<action-date>2016-09-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to provide an option under the Secure Mail Initiative under which, for payment of a fee recouping costs, a person to whom a document is sent under such initiative may require the U.S. Postal Service to obtain a signature from that person in order to deliver the document. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114hr4712v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-04-19">
<action-date>2016-03-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to provide an option under the Secure Mail Initiative under which, for payment of a fee recouping costs, a person to whom a document is sent under such initiative may require the U.S. Postal Service to obtain a signature from that person in order to deliver the document.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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