S 3292 114th Congress Senate

STOP Act of 2016

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

Official title: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the importer of record for the 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 28, 2016 See on congress.gov

Foreign Trade and International Finance

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Sep 7, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5370-5373)

Sep 7, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action September 7, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5370-5373)

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.

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