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S 1868 102th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Postal service

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to revise the procedures under which any change in the nature of postal services, which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially…

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A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to revise the procedures under which any change in the nature of postal services, which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, may be implemented.

Introduced: October 24, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Oct 24, 1991
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law to revise the procedures that the Postal Service must follow when it determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which would generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis.

Requires the Postal Rate Commission to submit a copy of its opinion of such a proposal to the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

States that if the Commission concludes that such a proposal should be rejected, the Postal Service may not implement it except with the written concurrence of all of the Governors then holding office.

What's happening now October 24, 1991

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Oct 24, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1868: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to revise the procedures under which any change in the nature of postal services, which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, may be implemented.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1868/
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"S. 1868: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to revise the procedures under which any change in the nature of postal services, which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, may be implemented.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1868/.
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S. 1868, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1868/.
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