[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1562 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1562

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2001

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

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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 (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 (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 mail that 
        advertises, promotes, offers, or, for a fee or consideration, 
        recommends, describes, or announces the availability of, any 
        products or services to be mailed at the rates of postage under 
        former section 4452 (b) or (c) of this title which would 
        otherwise be excluded from being mailed at such rates by any 
        other provision of this title.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that nothing in this Act should be 
considered to alter the authority of the United States Postal Service 
to--
            (1) 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) enforce any criminal law within its jurisdiction.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to mail 
matter sent before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
except that nothing in this Act or in the amendment made by this Act 
shall be considered to create a cause of action against the United 
States Postal Service to recover postage paid on mail matter sent on or 
before such date of enactment.
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