[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5750 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5750

    To direct the United States Postal Service to limit the use of 
  centralized mail delivery for certain residential housing units, to 
 prevent the taking of private property from homeowners, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2016

    Mr. Collins of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the United States Postal Service to limit the use of 
  centralized mail delivery for certain residential housing units, to 
 prevent the taking of private property from homeowners, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Postal Delivery 
Restoration Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CENTRALIZED DELIVERY.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a residential housing unit 
described in subsection (b), the United States Postal Service--
            (1) may not require centralized delivery, including the use 
        of cluster boxes, for the unit; and
            (2) shall establish curbside delivery for such unit.
    (b) Residential Housing Unit.--A residential housing unit under 
this section is a unit of residential housing covered by section 631.3 
of the Postal Operations Manual (as in effect on April 5, 2012) that--
            (1) before April 5, 2012, held all required permits and 
        approvals for construction issued by the applicable local 
        government;
            (2) would have been eligible for curbside delivery had the 
        unit been constructed before April 5, 2012; and
            (3) was not approved to receive such delivery as of April 
        5, 2012.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Centralized delivery.--The term ``centralized 
        delivery'' means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail 
        receptacles of a number of delivery points are grouped or 
        clustered at a single location.
            (2) Curbside delivery.--The term ``curbside delivery'' 
        means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby a mail receptacle 
        is situated at the edge of a sidewalk abutting a road or curb, 
        at a road, or at a curb, and can be served by a letter carrier 
        from a motorized vehicle.
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