[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8186 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8186

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the authority of 
United States Postal Service police officers to protect Postal Service 
mail, employees, and property outside of property owned or occupied by 
              the Postal Service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2022

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the authority of 
United States Postal Service police officers to protect Postal Service 
mail, employees, and property outside of property owned or occupied by 
              the Postal Service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Police Authority Clarifying 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF POSTAL SERVICE POLICE OFFICERS TO PROTECT POSTAL 
              SERVICE MAIL, EMPLOYEES, AND PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF POSTAL 
              SERVICE REAL PROPERTY.

    Section 3061(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of property'' and all 
        that follows through the period and inserting ``of the mail, 
        Postal Service employees, or any property owned or occupied by 
        the Postal Service, including persons on such property.'';
            (2) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by striking ``such 
        property'' each place it appears and inserting ``such duty'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``for the protection 
        of persons and property''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``, on and off'' and 
        all that follows through ``on the property''.
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