To amend title 39, United States Code, to require the United States Postal Service to establish rates for delivery of inbound international mail that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic mailers, to review foreign practices with respect to the exchange of e-commerce goods with the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5524.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 61, April 16, 2018, Page H3342):
  U.S. Constitution Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 1, under the ``Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises''; Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 3, under the power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations''; Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 7, under the power ``To establish Post Offices and post Roads''; and Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, under the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2018 ↗

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  H.R. 5524, 115th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

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  September 22, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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