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H.R. 2705 (108th)

Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003

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Introduced

10 July 2003

Last action

10 July 2003 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Sponsors

Rep. Lucas, Ken [D-KY-4], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5], Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]

Subjects

Defence

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18 August 2025

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Summary

Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003 - Allows personal correspondence or certain parcels to be mailed free of postage if such matter is: (1) sent from within an area served by a U.S. post office; (2) addressed to an active-duty member of the armed forces or a civilian authorized to use postal services at military installations who holds a position or performs a function in support of military operations; and (3) addressed either to such an individual at a military post office established in an overseas area where the armed forces are engaged in operations involving armed conflict against a hostile foreign force, or to an individual who is hospitalized for a disease or injury resulting from service in such an area. Prohibits the free mailing privilege for any mail matter containing any advertising.

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Timeline

  1. 10 July 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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  2. 10 July 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

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  3. 10 July 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

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