I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2009 Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the United States Postal Service may not carry out a change-of-address request unless it first receives a signed confirmation that the request was in fact made by or on behalf of the addressee.

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Procedural safeguard relating to certain change-of-address requests

Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)Effective no later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Postal Service shall implement procedures to ensure that no permanent change-of-address request shall be carried out unless the Postal Service first receives signed confirmation from the addressee (or duly authorized agent thereof) that the request was in fact made by (or on behalf of) such addressee. .