[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1053 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1053

To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide free insurance up to 
                    the value of $100 on mail items.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1993

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide free insurance up to 
                    the value of $100 on mail items.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) subchapter V of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3686. Insurance
    ``(a) An article of mail insurable under, and mailed in accordance 
with, regulations prescribed by the Postal Service shall, without 
payment of any insurance fee, be considered insured mail, with 
liability under this subsection not to exceed $100.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) shall not prevent the purchase of insurance 
coverage in excess of $100 for an article of mail.
    ``(c) Regulations to carry out this section shall be prescribed not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section.''.
    (b) The analysis for chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 3685 the 
following:

``3686. Insurance.''.

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