[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2395

  To amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers 
             accept as mail shipments certain live animals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers 
             accept as mail shipments certain live animals.

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

SECTION 1. CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BY AIR.

    Section 5402(e)(2)(A) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(2)(A)''; and
                    (B) in clause (i) (as designated by subparagraph 
                (A)), by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(ii) A shipment described in clause (i) shall include the 
transfer of any cargo described in that clause from the point of origin 
of the shipment to the point of destination.
    ``(iii) An air carrier shall accept and carry cargo described in 
clause (i) when the outside temperature is between 0 degrees Fahrenheit 
(-17.77 degrees Celsius) and 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.77 degrees 
Celsius) from point of origin through the point of destination.
    ``(iv) The authority of the Postal Service under this subparagraph 
shall apply to any air carrier that commonly and regularly carries any 
live animals as cargo.''.
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