[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4762 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4762

To amend title 39, United States Code, to require the Postal Service to 
   accept a change-of-address order from a commercial mail receiving 
             agency and to forward mail to the new address.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1994

 Mr. Young of Alaska 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 require the Postal Service to 
   accept a change-of-address order from a commercial mail receiving 
             agency and to forward mail to the new address.

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

SECTION 1. CHANGE-OF-ADDRESS ORDER BY COMMERCIAL MAIL RECEIVING AGENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3686. Change-of-address order by commercial mail receiving 
              agency
    ``Upon termination of an agency relationship between an addressee 
and a commercial mail receiving agency, either the addressee or the 
commercial mail receiving agency may file a change-of-address order 
with the Postal Service. The Postal Service shall forward to such 
addressee mail which is marked for forwarding by the commercial mail 
receiving agency in the same manner as, and subject to the same terms 
and conditions as apply to, mail forwarded directly by the Postal 
Service to such addressee.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents at the beginning of 
chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 3685 the following new item:

``3686. Change-of-address order by commercial mail receiving agency.''.
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