[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3003 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3003

    To authorize the United States Postal Service to offer identity 
     proofing and identity-related services to the private sector.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Wyden) 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 authorize the United States Postal Service to offer identity 
     proofing and identity-related services to the private sector.

    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 ``Post Office Services for Trustworthy 
Identity Act'' or the ``POST ID Act''.

SEC. 2. USPS IDENTITY PROOFING AND IDENTITY-RELATED SERVICES FOR 
              PRIVATE SECTOR.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 37 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 3705 as section 3706; and
            (2) by inserting after section 3704 the following:
``Sec. 3705. Identity proofing and identity-related services for 
              private sector
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `identity proofing and 
identity- related services' means any service whereby an individual 
provides sufficient information, such as identity history, credentials, 
or other identifying information, to support establishing the identity 
of the individual.
    ``(b) Option to Offer Identity Proofing and Identity-related 
Services to Private Sector.--The Postal Service may offer identity 
proofing and identity-related services to the private sector in 
accordance with this section.
    ``(c) Required Elements.--If the Postal Service chooses to offer 
identity proofing and identity-related services under this section, the 
services shall--
            ``(1) support establishing the identity of an individual 
        using such government-issued documentation as the Postal 
        Service determines sufficient; and
            ``(2) include the issuance of authenticators to the 
        individual being identified, as necessary to facilitate 
        enrollment in services for which the individual is being 
        verified, which authenticators may--
                    ``(A) be specific to a given service for which the 
                individual is being identified;
                    ``(B) be general purpose, for use in identity 
                proofing with future services;
                    ``(C) be physical devices;
                    ``(D) be issued in a digital format to an account 
                or other system; or
                    ``(E) be single use.
    ``(d) Optional Elements.--If the Postal Service chooses to offer 
identity proofing and identity-related services under this section, the 
services may--
            ``(1) be offered at any post office;
            ``(2) be offered by an authorized employee of the Postal 
        Service at any other location, such as the home of an 
        individual being verified;
            ``(3) include, subject to the consent of the individual 
        being verified, concurrent enrollment with or verification for 
        multiple customers or other entities for which the Postal 
        Service provides identity proofing services, including public 
        agencies;
            ``(4) include multiple levels of assurance, such as the 
        assurance levels described in Special Publication 800-63, 
        `Digital Identity Guidelines', published by the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology;
            ``(5) include enrollment in or creation of a digital 
        account for use in digitally authenticating the individual in 
        the future, including to third parties; and
            ``(6) include a mechanism whereby any entity may sponsor an 
        individual by paying the cost of the identity verification of 
        the individual.
    ``(e) Fees.--The Postal Service shall charge fees for the identity 
proofing and identity-related services offered under this section under 
such structure and at such rates as the Postal Service determines 
appropriate to cover at least 100 percent of the costs attributable to 
the provision of those services.
    ``(f) Postal Regulatory Commission Regulations.--The Postal 
Regulatory Commission may issue such regulations as the Commission 
determines necessary to--
            ``(1) ensure that the identity proofing and identity-
        related services under this section would provide a net 
        contribution to the Postal Service, defined as revenue that 
        covers at least 100 percent of the costs attributable to the 
        provision of those services in each year; and
            ``(2) ensure that offering identity proofing and identity-
        related services under this section does not conflict with the 
        core mission of the Postal Service.
    ``(g) Limitations.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to--
            ``(1) authorize the Postal Service to offer any service to 
        the private sector, other than identity proofing and identity-
        related services, that is not otherwise authorized by law; or
            ``(2) obligate the Postal Service to offer any service.
    ``(h) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to inhibit, restrict, or place any new obligation on any identity 
proofing or identity-related service offered by the Postal Service as 
of the day before the date of enactment of the Post Office Services for 
Trustworthy Identity Act.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 37 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 3705 and inserting the following:

``3705. Identity proofing and identity-related services for private 
                            sector.
``3706. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services.''.
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