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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="431" measure-id="id119hr431" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-15" update-date="2025-07-07">
        <title>Pony Up Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr431v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-07-07">
            <action-date>2025-01-15</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Pony Up Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to pay a citizen for late payment fees or penalties incurred due to late delivery of mail by USPS.</p><p>Late delivery of mail means that (1) USPS received a bill or notice of bill at least 12 days prior to the payment due date and delivered such bill or notice of bill less than 6 days prior to the payment due date; or (2) USPS received a payment at least 5 days prior to the payment due date and delivered such payment after the due date.&nbsp;</p><p>USPS is not required to pay a citizen for late payment fees or penalties when a bill, notice of bill, or payment is delayed for reasons outside of USPS control (for example, if a major disaster or emergency declared by the President caused the delay).</p>]]></summary-text>
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