United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1251 (111th)
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the United States Postal Service may not carry out a change-of-address request unless it first receives a signed confirmation that the request was in fact made by or on behalf of the addressee.
Introduced
2 March 2009
Last action
4 May 2009 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Sponsors
Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Subjects
Postal service
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Requires the U.S. Postal Service to implement procedures to ensure that no permanent change-of-address request is carried out unless the Postal Service first receives signed confirmation from the addressee (or the addressee's authorized agent) that the request was in fact made by (or on behalf of) the addressee.
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Timeline
2 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Source: IntroReferral
2 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 May 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 2 March 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 March 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 March 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 March 2009
Sponsors
- Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] · D · Sponsor
- · hsgo00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1251
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1251
- us · 111-hr-1251 · source updated 7 April 2025