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HR 6045 114th Congress House

STOP Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the importer of record for non-letter class mail and to require the provision of advance electro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the importer of record for non-letter class mail and to require the provision of advance electronic information about shipments of non-letter class mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 15, 2016 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Sep 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Sep 15, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 15, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 20, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 or the STOP Act of 2016

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General or Postmaster General designee, including a person holding a valid customs broker's license, the importer of record for non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

The term "non-letter class mail" means any product of the U.S. Postal Service or a Universal Postal Union designated operator that is provided pursuant to:

  • the Universal Postal Union's Parcel Post Regulations and Final Protocol; or
  • the Universal Postal Union's Letter Post Regulations and Final Protocol, except small letters, as in effect upon enactment of this bill.

The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a duty of $1 on each item of non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information on non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3292 Identical bill STOP Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 2 Republican 8
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Dec 1, 2016
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Nov 29, 2016
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Nov 14, 2016
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Valadao, David G.
California · Nov 14, 2016
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Sep 28, 2016
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Sep 20, 2016
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Sep 20, 2016
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 15, 2016
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Sep 15, 2016
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 15, 2016
Rothfus, Keith
· Sep 15, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6045: STOP Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6045/
MLA
"H.R. 6045: STOP Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6045/.
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H.R. 6045, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6045/.
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[H.R. 6045: STOP Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6045/)
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