H.R. 6648: POCAG Act
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H.R. 6648: POCAG Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-12-11 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-12-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
POCAG Act
Plain summary
Post Office Consumer Action Group Act or the POCAG Act - Establishes as a nonprofit corporation the Post Office Consumer Action Group (POCAG) to represent and promote the interests of individual residential postal users. Grants POCAG the authority to: (1) intervene and participate in regulatory proceedings of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC); and (2) bring civil actions for the review or enforcement of decisions by USPS, PRC, or other public bodies pertaining to postal matters. Sets forth provisions relating to rights and powers of POCAG, its funding and membership structure, and the powers and duties of its board of directors.
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Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6648.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6648 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112