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S 700 100th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Newspapers Newspapers and Periodicals Periodicals Postal Services and Facilities Postal rates and revenues Postal service

A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adjacent to the county of publication, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office.
Mar 10, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Mar 10, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Postal Service to restore the reduced rates applicable to mailings of fewer than 5,000 copies of publications to counties adjacent to the county of publication.

Limits to 20,000 the number of copies of such publications which may be mailed under reduced rates within the county of publication.

What's happening now April 9, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1413 Identical bill A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adja…
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 10, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 700: A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adjacent to the county of publication, and for other purposes.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-700/
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"S. 700: A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adjacent to the county of publication, and for other purposes.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-700/.
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S. 700, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-700/.
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[S. 700: A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adjacent to the county of publication, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-700/)
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