[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1169 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1169

 To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to ``cooperative 
                              mailings''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2001

   Mr. Burton of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Ehrlich, and Mr. Filner) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to ``cooperative 
                              mailings''.

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

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to clarify section 3626(j)(1)(D)(ii) of 
title 39, United States Code.

SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MAILINGS.

    Section 3626(j) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any 
rule or regulation of the Postal Service, but subject to subparagraph 
(C), in the case of mail matter sent (or proposed to be sent) by or on 
behalf of an authorized organization having a contractual or any other 
business relationship with an entity described in subparagraph (B)(ii), 
rates of postage under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title 
shall apply if those rates would apply in the case of identical mail 
matter sent by such organization absent such relationship.
    ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph--
            ``(i) the term `authorized organization' means an 
        organization authorized to mail at the rates for mail under 
        former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title; and
            ``(ii) an entity described in this clause is any 
        organization or other person that is not an authorized 
        organization.
    ``(C) This paragraph does not authorize an entity described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii) to advertise, promote, offer, or, for a fee or 
consideration, recommend, describe, or announce the availability of, 
any of its products or services at the rates of postage under former 
section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in this Act should be 
considered to alter the authority of the United States Postal Service--
            (1) to apply regular rates of postage, rather than 
        nonprofit rates, to mail matter described in subparagraph (A), 
        (B), (C), or (D)(i) of section 3626(j)(1) of title 39, United 
        States Code; or
            (2) to enforce any criminal law within its jurisdiction.
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