[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5080 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5080

       To repeal the Postal Service monopoly on first class mail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 1994

 Mr. Cox introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
   the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To repeal the Postal Service monopoly on first class mail.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS

    (a) The Postal Service is responding to increasing competition from 
telecommunications services, electronic mail, fax, computer modems, 
cellular technology, overnight delivery, and other market competition 
by seeking a legally-granted price increase for its monopoly business 
of so-called ``first class'' mail.
    (b) The normal market response to increased competition is price 
reductions, not price increases.
    (c) The magnitude of the price increase being sought by the Postal 
Service is over 10 percent.
    (d) The hoary arguments against robust competition in the mails 
have been thoroughly disproved (for example, while the Postal Service 
claims rural delivery could be curtailed as a result of increased 
competition, it presently refuses to deliver to many addresses in the 
United States; whereas United Parcel Service even now delivers to every 
address in the United States).
    (e) Ending the abusive legal monopoly conferred on the Postal 
Service by the so-called ``private express statutes'' will improve 
consumer choice and reduce prices.

SEC. 2. MONOPOLY REPEALED

    (a) In General.--Chapter 6 of title 39, United States Code, and 
sections 1693 through 1699 of title 18, United States Code, the 
provisions of law effectively granting the Postal Service a monopoly on 
first class mail, commonly referred to as the ``private express 
statutes,'' are repealed.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title 39, united states code.--The item relating to 
        chapter 6 in the table of chapters for part I of title 39, 
        United States Code, is repealed.
            (2) Title 18, united states code.--The items relating to 
        sections 1693 through 1699, respectively, in the table of 
        sections for chapter 83 of title 18, United States Code, are 
        repealed.
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