[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3629 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3629

  To amend title 39, United States Code, to require that photographic 
evidence of a person's identity be presented before a change-of-address 
    order shall be accepted by the United States Postal Service for 
                              processing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 1996

  Mr. Vento introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 39, United States Code, to require that photographic 
evidence of a person's identity be presented before a change-of-address 
    order shall be accepted by the United States Postal Service for 
                              processing.

    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 Fraud Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 414. Change-of-address orders
    ``(a) Except as provided under subsection (b), a change-of-address 
order sought to be submitted by or on behalf of any person shall not be 
accepted by the Postal Service unless appropriate photographic evidence 
of such person's identity is presented at the time of such order's 
submission.
    ``(b) Regulations to carry out this section shall take effect not 
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section. 
The regulations--
            ``(1) shall include provisions under which--
                    ``(A) the requirements of subsection (a) may be 
                waived in the case of persons who are homebound; and
                    ``(B) alternative measures shall be implemented to 
                carry out the purposes of this section with respect to 
                persons as to whom any waiver under subparagraph (A) 
                applies; and
            ``(2) may provide for such other exclusions or 
        modifications as the Postal Service considers appropriate, 
        consistent with the purposes of this section and considerations 
        of practicability.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 4 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``414. Change-of-address orders.''.
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