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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 299
To amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the United States Postal
Service 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, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY11, 2023
Mr. N
ORCROSS(for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the United
States Postal Service 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, 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 ‘‘Care Packages for Our 4
Heroes Act of 2023’’. 5
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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
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 3632 of title 39, United 6
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
lowing: 8
‘‘(d) E
XEMPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 9
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 10
of this subsection, the Postal Service shall establish rates 11
of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the 12
United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post 13
Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address whereby such 14
packages may not be charged a zoned rate greater than 15
the zone 2 rate (as that term is defined in section 608.9 16
of the Domestic Mail Manual, or any successor manual).’’. 17
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 18
2401 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by add-19
ing at the end the following: 20
‘‘(h) As reimbursement to the Postal Service for the 21
costs of carrying out subsection (d) of section 3632, there 22
are authorized to be appropriated to the Postal Service 23
for any fiscal year an amount equal to the revenue dif-24
ference between the estimated revenue the Postal Service 25
would have received during such fiscal year if such sub-26
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section had not been enacted and the estimated revenue 1
the Postal Service would receive during such fiscal year 2
as a result of carrying out such subsection.’’. 3
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