[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 782 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 782

To provide for the use of private delivery services in filing documents 
                         with Federal agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the use of private delivery services in filing documents 
                         with Federal agencies.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF DESIGNATED PRIVATE DELIVERY SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Any Federal law which provides that an item is 
deemed to be received by a Federal agency as of the date of the 
postmark on the item by the United States Postal Service shall be 
deemed to further provide that such an item is deemed to be received by 
the Federal agency as of the date recorded or marked on the item by a 
designated private delivery service.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``designated private 
delivery service'' has the meaning provided by section 7502(f)(2) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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