[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1110 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1110

To require that the area of a zip code number shall be located entirely 
                within a State, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2001

   Mr. Enzi introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the area of a zip code number shall be located entirely 
                within a State, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AREAS WITH A ZIP CODE NUMBER WITHIN A SINGLE STATE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
            (1) ``State'' means each State of the United States, the 
        District of Columbia, and each possession of the United States; 
        and
            (2) ``zip code'' means the system used under the Postal 
        Service zoning improvement plan.
    (b) Zip Codes Within a State.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall 
        take such actions as necessary (including the assignment or 
        reassignment of any zip code number) to ensure that the 
        geographic area to which any zip code number is assigned or 
        reassigned is located entirely within 1 State.
            (2) Application.--Paragraph (1) applies to zip code numbers 
        assigned or reassigned before, on, or after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 130 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Postmaster General shall submit a report to Congress 
detailing compliance with this section.
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