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UPDATED USPS Act
3/12/2024, 4:07 AM
Summary of Bill S 1711
One of the key provisions of the UPDATED USPS Act is the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the USPS's financial situation. This task force will be responsible for identifying areas where the USPS can improve its efficiency and reduce costs, as well as developing recommendations for how the USPS can generate additional revenue.
Additionally, the UPDATED USPS Act includes measures to modernize the USPS and improve its service to customers. This includes provisions to expand the use of technology within the USPS, such as implementing new tracking and delivery systems, as well as improving the USPS's customer service and delivery times. The bill also addresses the issue of postal worker safety and security, with provisions to enhance training for USPS employees and improve workplace safety standards. Overall, the UPDATED USPS Act aims to strengthen the USPS and ensure that it can continue to provide reliable and affordable mail delivery services to the American public. It is currently being debated in Congress, with supporters arguing that it is necessary to address the USPS's financial challenges and opponents raising concerns about the potential impact of the bill on postal workers and customers.
Congressional Summary of S 1711
Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal Service Act or the UPDATED USPS Act
This bill modifies requirements relating to advance electronic information for cargo.
Specifically, the bill eliminates
- a restriction on the use of advance electronic information for commercial enforcement, and
- waivers of the requirement to transmit advance electronic information for countries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must refuse entry for any international mail shipments for which advance electronic information is not transmitted for shipments received after December 31, 2023.
By December 31, 2023, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) must arrange for the transmission to CBP of information for all international mail shipments. The USPS, at least every 30 days, must publish the number of such shipments for which the information was not transmitted to CBP during the preceding 30-day period.
The bill requires monthly reports of specified information, including the volume of international mail shipments and other cargo received by the USPS and private sector importers for which advance electronic information is submitted.
