[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1801 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1801

 To amend chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for a 
permanent postal rate for certain educational bound printed matter, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2001

Ms. Landrieu (for herself and Mr. Bond) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for a 
permanent postal rate for certain educational bound printed matter, 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. POSTAL RATES FOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL BOUND PRINTED MATTER.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Matter 
Postal Rate Act of 2001''.
    (b) Rates for Certain Educational Matter.--Section 3683 of title 
39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``(except for subsection 
        (c) of this section)'' after ``provision of this title''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) In this subsection, the term `educational matter' means 
bound printed matter as defined under regulations promulgated by the 
Postal Service that--
            ``(A) is principally intended to educate, inform, develop, 
        or support the education of students, including--
                    ``(i) books and related materials;
                    ``(ii) catalogues of books;
                    ``(iii) software and related materials; and
                    ``(iv) materials that enable schools, colleges, 
                universities, public libraries, teachers, or students 
                to obtain books, software, or related materials; and
            ``(B) is mailed to or from a school, college, university, 
        or public library.
    ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b), the rates of 
postage for educational matter shall be the rates applicable to such 
matter as set by the Postal Rate Commission, including the bound 
printed matter rates and any applicable basic presort discount, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of the Educational Matter Postal Rate 
Act of 2001.
    ``(B) The rate of educational matter provided under subparagraph 
(A) may not be increased.''.
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