[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3356 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3356

To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the role and duties of 
 United States Postal Service police officers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2023

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, 
 Mr. Wyden, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
Cortez Masto, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. King) 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 18, United States Code, to modify the role and duties of 
 United States Postal Service police officers, 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 ``Postal Police Reform Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ROLE AND DUTIES OF USPS POLICE OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3061(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c)(1)'' and all that follows through the 
        end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(c)(1)(A) The Postal Service may employ police officers for duty 
in connection with the protection of--
            ``(i) the mail;
            ``(ii) property owned or occupied by the Postal Service or 
        under the charge and control of the Postal Service;
            ``(iii) persons on the property described in clause (ii); 
        and
            ``(iv) on-duty employees of the Postal Service in any 
        location in the United States.
    ``(B) The duty described in subparagraph (A) may occur in areas 
outside the property owned or occupied by the Postal Service to the 
extent necessary to effect the protection described in that 
subparagraph.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``With respect to such 
        property, such officers'' and inserting ``Any officer assigned 
        to provide the protection described in paragraph (1)(A)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``such property'' and inserting ``the 
                protection described in paragraph (1)(A)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``committed 
                against'' and all that follows and inserting the 
                following: ``committed against--
                            ``(i) property owned or occupied by the 
                        Postal Service or under the charge and control 
                        of the Postal Service;
                            ``(ii) persons on the property described in 
                        clause (i); or
                            ``(iii) on-duty employees of the Postal 
                        Service in any location in the United 
                        States.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 3061(c)(2)(C) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``Unites States'' and inserting 
``United States''.
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