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H.R. 6045: STOP Act of 2016

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H.R. 6045: STOP Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-15 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

STOP Act of 2016

Plain summary

Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 or the STOP Act of 2016 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General or Postmaster General designee, including a person holding a valid customs broker's license, the importer of record for non-letter class mail imported into the United States. The term "non-letter class mail" means any product of the U.S. Postal Service or a Universal Postal Union designated operator that is provided pursuant to: the Universal Postal Union's Parcel Post Regulations and Final Protocol; or the Universal Postal Union's Letter Post Regulations and Final Protocol, except small letters, as in effect upon enactment of this bill. The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a duty of $1 on each item of non-letter class mail imported into the United States. The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information on non-letter class mail imported into the United States.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

STOP Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · 19 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Richard E. Neal (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), David P. Joyce (R-OH), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Vern Buchanan (R-FL)

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr6045 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114