[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 312 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 312

    To amend title 39 of the United States Code to provide for door 
delivery of mail to the physically handicapped, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Quillen 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 of the United States Code to provide for door 
delivery of mail to the physically handicapped, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mail Delivery to Physically 
Handicapped Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DOOR DELIVERY TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 36 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3662 the following 
new section:
``Sec. 3663. Door delivery of mail to the physically handicapped
    ``(a) Door delivery of mail shall be provided by the Postal Service 
to any resident whose application for door delivery of mail is approved 
by the Postal Service under this section.
    ``(b)(1) Any resident may file with the Postal Service, in such 
form and such manner as shall be prescribed by the Postal Service by 
regulation, an application for door delivery of mail under this 
section.
    ``(2) Any such application shall be approved by the Postal Service 
if the application includes a certificate of a licensed physician, in a 
form which shall be prescribed by the Postal Service by regulation, 
stating that the physician has conducted a medical examination of the 
resident and that the examination revealed that the resident is 
physically handicapped to the extent that delivery of mail to such 
resident other than by door delivery would impose an immediate or 
potential medical or physical hardship on such resident.
    ``(c) Door delivery of mail to a resident shall begin immediately 
upon approval by the Postal Service of the application by that resident 
for door delivery of mail under this section.
    ``(d) The Postal Service shall prescribe regulations to carry out 
the provisions of this section.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for chapter 36 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3662 the following new item:

``3663. Door delivery of mail to the physically handicapped.''.

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