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Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003

Introduced: September 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jul 10, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003 - Allows personal correspondence or certain parcels to be mailed free of postage if such matter is: (1) sent from within an area served by a U.S. post office; (2) addressed to an active-duty member of the armed forces or a civilian authorized to use postal services at military installations who holds a position or performs a function in support of military operations; and (3) addressed either to such an individual at a military post office established in an overseas area where the armed forces are engaged in operations involving armed conflict against a hostile foreign force, or to an individual who is hospitalized for a disease or injury resulting from service in such an area.

Prohibits the free mailing privilege for any mail matter containing any advertising.

What's happening now July 10, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1707 Identical bill Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 8 Republican 2
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 22, 2004
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 4, 2003
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 15, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 15, 2003
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 7, 2003
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 7, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 24, 2003
EDWARDS, CHET
· Sep 5, 2003
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 3, 2003
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 23, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2705: Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2705/
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"H.R. 2705: Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2705/.
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