To require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Trade, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HF36266378F594DDFB7B9238F312EB196: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Shipping for Non-Contiguous Areas Act of 2023.
- Section H73B89873A40549A08A87E5FA4D3532DB: 2. Prohibition on higher shipping fees No private shipping service may exceed the shipping charge for the same product to and from a location in the contiguous...
- Section HBECAE87C98EF4926B726E9D569CD60A4: 3. Prohibition on excluding non-contiguous areas No private shipping service may exclude— a non-contiguous area of the United States from its shipping polices;...
- Section H130C647A5A9A478EB62215E5FD225359: 4. Exemptions The United States Postal Service shall be exempt from the requirements of this Act. Any consumer product or producer good valued at more than...
- Section HC27670C9625F4C70A15B552809570F3D: 5. Definitions In this Act: The term non-contiguous area means any part of the United States not physically connected to the contiguous United States,...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Trade, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- transportation operators and travelers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- transportation operators and travelers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Case (for himself, Mr. Sablan, and Mr. Moylan) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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