A joint resolution establishing the policy with respect to the number of digits which should be used as ZIP codes or other codes used for mail delivery.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 January 1981

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Status

Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings held.

Summary

Prohibits the United States Postal Service from increasing the number of digits of the zip code until: (1) the Service and Congress have examined the costs, social consequences, and technical issues associated with zip code expansion and the alternative means of improving productivity in the sorting of mail; and (2) Congress has approved such an increase.

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summary · EN · 6 January 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/11
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