[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 283

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
    Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail 
                           delivery services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2007

Mr. Casey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
    Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail 
                           delivery services.

Whereas letter carriers of the United States Postal Service provide mail 
        delivery service to over 144,000,000 homes and businesses across the 
        Nation;
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services is being increasingly 
        promoted by the Postal Service as a key business strategy for its core 
        function;
Whereas by contracting out letter carrier positions, the Postal Service is 
        bypassing the hiring process that ensures that only qualified people 
        handle America's mail;
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services limits the ability of the 
        Postal Service to prevent, investigate, and prosecute mail theft, mail 
        fraud, and other illegal uses of the mail; and
Whereas the protection of our mail delivery services is a vital component of our 
        national security: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the United States 
Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail 
delivery services.
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