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S. 1173 (96th)

Time Sensitive Business Communications Act of 1979

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17 May 1979

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Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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Summary

Time-Sensitive Business Communications Act of 1979 - Permits letters of a trade or business which must be delivered within 12 hours or by noon of the next business day to be carried out of the mails whenever there is no available service of the Postal Service which assures delivery within such time at a cost equal to or lower than that for private carriage. Subjects any individual who knowingly sends letters out of the mails under this Act which are not time-sensitive to a fine not to exceed $500.

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