Protect Overnight Delivery Act

Protect Overnight Delivery Act - Repeals the service standards for market-dominant products implemented by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on July 1, 2012, and directs USPS to reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2459 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2459

To reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2013

 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Michaud, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Hahn, Mrs. Napolitano, 
   Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
  Titus, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Keating, Mr. Sires, Ms. Esty, Mr. 
   Pascrell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Barber, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Walz, Mr. Grimm, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
 Vela, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Payne, Mr. McGovern, 
Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Takano, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
   Rush, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Welch, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Bass, Ms. 
    Pingree of Maine, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Nolan, Mr. 
   Cardenas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
 Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. 
   Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products, 
                        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 ``Protect Overnight Delivery Act''.

SEC. 2. MARKET-DOMINANT PRODUCT SERVICE STANDARDS.

    With respect to market-dominant products (as that term is described 
in subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code)--
            (1) the service standards implemented by the United States 
        Postal Service on July 1, 2012, are repealed and shall have no 
        force or effect; and
            (2) the Postal Service shall reinstate the service 
        standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.
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