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U.S. Postal Service Opioid and Illicit Drug Strategy Act of 2019

Introduced: December 4, 2019 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Dec 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

U.S. Postal Service Opioid and Illicit Drug Strategy Act of 2019

This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to establish a comprehensive organizational strategy to combat the use of the mail in the distribution of illicit drugs.

What's happening now December 4, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 2, 2020
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Dec 19, 2019
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Dec 11, 2019
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Dec 9, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2974: U.S. Postal Service Opioid and Illicit Drug Strategy Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2974/
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"S. 2974: U.S. Postal Service Opioid and Illicit Drug Strategy Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2974/.
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S. 2974, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2974/.
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