United States · Bill · S
S. 1707 (108th)
Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003
Introduced
2 October 2003
Last action
2 October 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12384)
Sponsors
Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
18 August 2025
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
2 October 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12384)
Source: IntroReferral
2 October 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12383-12384)
Source: IntroReferral
2 October 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2 October 2003 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (PDF)
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1707
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1707
- us · 108-s-1707 · source updated 18 August 2025