[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1711 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1711
To strengthen the requirements relating to advance electronic
information for cargo, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 18, 2023
Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To strengthen the requirements relating to advance electronic
information for cargo, 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 ``Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for
Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal
Service Act'' or the ``UPDATED USPS Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ADVANCE ELECTRONIC
INFORMATION FOR CARGO.
(a) Elimination of Restriction on Use of Advance Electronic
Information for Commercial Enforcement.--Section 343(a)(3)(F) of the
Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(F)) is
amended by striking ``, and shall'' and all that follows through
``thereunder''.
(b) Elimination of Waivers of Requirement To Transmit Advance
Electronic Information for Countries.--
(1) In general.--Section 343(a)(3)(K)(vi) of the Customs
Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vi)) is
amended--
(A) by striking subclauses (II), (III), and (IV);
and
(B) by striking ``(I) Notwithstanding'' and
inserting ``Notwithstanding''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Requirement To Refuse Shipments for Which Advance Electronic
Information Is Not Transmitted.--Section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii) of the
Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vii)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(vii) The Commissioner shall refuse entry for any
international mail shipments described in clause (i)
received after December 31, 2023, for which the
information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is not
transmitted as required under this subparagraph.''.
(d) Inclusion of Letter Class Mail; Publication of Number of
Shipments for Which Advance Electronic Information Not Transmitted.--
Section 343(a)(3)(K) of the Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (19
U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating clauses (viii) and (ix) as clauses (x)
and (xi), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
``(viii) Not later than December 31, 2023, the
Postal Service shall arrange for the transmission to
the Commissioner of the information described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) for all international mail
shipments.
``(ix) Not less frequently than every 30 days, the
Postal Service shall publish on a publicly accessible
internet website the number of international mail
shipments for which the information described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) was not transmitted to the
Commissioner under this subparagraph during the
preceding 30-day period.''.
(e) Monthly Report.--Section 343(a) of the Customs Border Security
Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(6) Monthly report.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the UPDATED USPS Act, and every 30
days thereafter, the Secretary shall publish, for the preceding
30-day period, the following information:
``(A) The total volume of international mail
shipments and other cargo received by the Postal
Service and private sector importers for which advance
electronic information is submitted under this section.
``(B) The number of packages included in such
shipments and cargo that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection requested to screen and the number of
packages provided for such screening by the Postal
Service and private sector importers.
``(C) An assessment of the results of inspections
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of international
mail facilities and private sector importers, including
the number of goods inspected and seized.
``(D) The volume of Inbound Express Mail Service
items entered under section 13031(b)(9)(D) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
(19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(D)).
``(E) The total amount of fees paid to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection by the Postal Service and private
sector importers under that section.
``(F) The number of international mail shipments,
disaggregated by letters and packages, received from
each foreign country.''.
(f) Technical Amendments.--Section 343 of the Customs Border
Security Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 1415) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(G), by striking the second period
at the end;
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term `Secretary'
means the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland
Security acting jointly.''; and
(3) by striking ``the Customs Service'' each place it
appears and inserting ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection''.
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