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Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003

Introduced: October 2, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Oct 2, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12384)
Oct 2, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12383-12384)
Oct 2, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 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 October 2, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12384)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1