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S 2395 109th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Agriculture and Food Air cargo Animals Bees Government Operations and Politics Postal service Poultry

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers accept as mail shipments certain live animals.

Introduced: March 9, 2006 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 9, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1967)
Mar 9, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1967)
Mar 9, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the U.S. Postal Service, in the exercise of its authority to contract with an air carrier for the transportation of mail by aircraft, to require an air carrier to accept as mail shipments of live animals that postal regulations allow to be transmitted as mail.

Requires an air carrier to accept and carry such cargo when the outside temperature is between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit from the point of origin through the point of destination.

Applies the authority of the Postal Service under this Act to any air carrier that commonly and regularly carries live animals as cargo.

What's happening now March 9, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1967)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2395: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers accept as mail shipments certain live animals.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2395/
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"S. 2395: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers accept as mail shipments certain live animals.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2395/.
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S. 2395, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2395/.
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[S. 2395: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that air carriers accept as mail shipments certain live animals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2395/)
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