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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 170 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 39, United States Code, to enhance the administrative sub- |
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| 6 | 6 | | poena authority of the United States Postal Service, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALLIOTAKIS(for herself, Ms. MENG, and Mr. SMITHof New Jersey) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- |
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| 13 | 13 | | sight and Government Reform |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 39, United States Code, to enhance the |
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| 16 | 16 | | administrative subpoena authority of the United States |
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| 17 | 17 | | Postal Service, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USPS Subpoena Au-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | thority Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SUBPOENA AUTHORITY. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 3016(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code, 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | is amended— 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | paragraph (D); 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the following: 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | N GENERAL.—In any investigation 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | relating to a covered offense, the Postmaster 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | General may issue in writing and cause to be 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | served a subpoena requiring the production and 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | testimony described in subparagraph (B). In 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | this subparagraph, the term ‘covered offense’ 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | means a violation of— 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(i) any section in this chapter; 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(ii) any section of chapter 83 of title 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 18 insofar as such violation involves the 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | use of the mails; 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(iii) any other provision of law enu-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | merated in section 3001(a); or 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(iv) the Controlled Substances Act 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), insofar as such 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | violation involves the use of the mails. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 52 | 52 | | RODUCTION AND TESTIMONY .—Ex-21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | cept as provided in subparagraph (C), a sub-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | poena issued under subparagraph (A) may re-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | quire— 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(i) the production of any records (in-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | cluding books, papers, documents, and 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | other tangible things that constitute or 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | contain evidence) that the Postmaster Gen-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | eral considers relevant or material to such 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | investigation; and 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(ii) testimony by the custodian of the 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | things required to be produced concerning 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the production and authenticity of those 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | things. 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(C) A |
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| 70 | 70 | | PPLICATION.—A subpoena issued in 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | connection with an investigation under section 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3005(a) shall not require testimony as set forth 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | in subparagraph (B)(ii).’’; and 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (3) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | paragraph (1) of this section, by amending clause 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (iii) to read as follows: 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(iii) delegation of subpoena approval 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | authority be limited to the Postal Service’s 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | General Counsel, a Deputy General Coun-20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | sel, or the Chief Postal Inspector.’’. 21 |
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