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To amend section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, to require solicitations sent in the mail to be clearly identified as solicitations, and for other purposes.

To amend section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, to require solicitations sent in the mail to be clearly identified as solicitations, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Latest action (Feb 25, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (2)
Marketing and advertisingPostal service

Summary

This bill would amend federal postal law to require that any mail containing solicitations for goods or services clearly display a notice identifying it as a solicitation. The notice must be displayed on the face of the mailing in conspicuous and legible type that contrasts visually with other text through typography, layout, or color, and the Postal Service would establish regulations for how this requirement is implemented. Mail that contains a solicitation but fails to display such a notice would be considered nonmailable and would not be delivered by the Postal Service. The requirement would not apply to certain categories of mail that are otherwise exempt under postal law.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Mike D. Rogers’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • L-3 HARRIS $34,400
  • THE MEDICAL PLACE $19,800
  • NULL $15,950
  • LANIER LAW FIRM $13,200
  • ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mike D. Rogers → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Feb 25, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 4612 — To amend title 39, United States Code, to require certain notices in any mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or service, and for other purposes. · Introduced Sep 29, 1998 · Cong. 105 77%
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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2025

Mr. Rogers of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, to require solicitations sent in the mail to be clearly identified as solicitations, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NOTICE OF SOLICITATION MAIL.

Section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(p)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails which constitutes a solicitation for the order by the addressee of goods or services, or both, is nonmailable matter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Service directs, unless such matter bears on its face, in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printing on its face, in accordance with regulations which the Postal Service shall prescribe—

“(A) the following notice: ‘This is a solicitation’; or

“(B) in lieu thereof, a notice to the same effect in words which the Postal Service may prescribe.

“(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to matter described in subsection (d).”. <all>

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