Peggy Frank Memorial Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1299 To require any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the United States Postal Service have an air conditioning unit, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To require any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the United States Postal Service have an air conditioning unit, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Peggy Frank Memorial 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REQUIRING POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY VEHICLES 6 TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. 7 (a) CURRENT VEHICLES.— 8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 9 the date of enactment of this Act, any delivery vehi- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:17 Mar 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1299.IH H1299 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1299 IH cle owned or leased by the United States Postal 1 Service as of that date shall be modified to include 2 an air conditioning unit. 3 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Postmaster General 4 shall submit a progress report to Congress not later 5 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act 6 and annually thereafter until the modifications re- 7 quired under this subsection are complete. 8 (b) FUTURE VEHICLES.—On or after the date of en- 9 actment of this Act, the Postmaster General may not pur- 10 chase or lease any delivery vehicle for use by the United 11 States Postal Service unless that vehicle has an air condi- 12 tioning unit. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:17 Mar 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1299.IH H1299 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS