Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 400 To amend title 39 of the United States Code to direct the Postal Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2019 Mr. NORCROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 39 of the United States Code to direct the Postal Regulatory Commission to promulgate regula- tions to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Care Packages for Our 4 Heroes Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:08 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H400.IH H400 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 400 IH SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES OF POSTAGE FOR 1 PACKAGES SHIPPED BY PRIORITY MAIL 2 FROM THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN 3 ARMY POST OFFICE, FLEET POST OFFICE, OR 4 DIPLOMATIC POST OFFICE. 5 Section 3633 of title 39 of the United States Code 6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(c) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 8 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 9 of this subsection, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 10 promulgate regulations to establish rates of postage for 11 packages shipped by priority mail from the United States 12 to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplo- 13 matic Post Office address whereby a person may not be 14 charged for such packages traveling through a zone other 15 than a first zone or a second zone (as defined in section 16 4040 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, respec- 17 tively).’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:08 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H400.IH H400 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS