Amendment sought to allow the United States Postal Service to conduct a pilot program to test the feasibility and desirability of alternative methods for the delivery of postal services.

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Amendment Number
516
Description
Amendment sought to allow the United States Postal Service to conduct a pilot program to test the feasibility and desirability of alternative methods for the delivery of postal services.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-184 toestablish a domestic pilot program to empower local postmasters to employ their experience and management expertise, absent the restrictions of the Postal Service's monopolies on first class mail delivery and the use of postal mailboxes, to test certain fundamental assumptions relating to the provisions of universal mail service in the United States.
Congress
109
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 26, 2005
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 51 - 379 (Roll no. 429).
Latest Action Time
21:34:56
Submitted Date
Jul 26, 2005
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Dec 5, 2020
Amendment 516 — Informed