THE ADDRESSES OF MICHIGAN'S STATE SENATORS OFFICES IS JUST AFTER THE 2 BILLS!

Below are copies of Senate Bill S.1457 and House Resolution 282IH which support the effort to stop Contract Delivery Service (CDS.)

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HRES 282 IH

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 282

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 28, 2007

Mr. SIRES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.

Whereas letter carriers of the United States Postal Service provide mail delivery service to over 144,000,000 homes and businesses across the Nation;

Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services is being increasingly promoted by the Postal Service as a key business strategy for its core function;

Whereas by contracting out letter carrier positions, the Postal Service is bypassing the hiring process that ensures that only qualified people handle America's mail;

Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services limits the ability of the Postal Service to prevent, investigate, and prosecute mail theft, mail fraud, and other illegal uses of the mail; and

Whereas the protection of our mail delivery services is a vital component of our national security: Now, therefore be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.

END

S 1457 IS

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1457

To provide for the protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 23, 2007

Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To provide for the protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, 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. MAIL DELIVERY PROTECTION.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Mail Delivery Protection Act of 2007'.

(b) Mail Delivery Protection- Section 5212 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `(a)' before `The Postal Service may'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(b)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the Postal Service may not enter into any contract under this section with any motor carrier or other person for the delivery of mail on any route with 1 or more families per mile.

`(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)--

`(A) any contract described under that paragraph in effect on the date of enactment of the Mail Delivery Protection Act of 2007--

`(i) shall remain in effect until terminated under the terms of such contract or as otherwise provided by law; and

`(ii) may be renewed 1 or more times; and

`(B) service on a rural route may be converted to contract delivery service when such route no longer serves a minimum of 1 family per mile.'.

END

ADDRESSES OF MICHIGAN'S STATE SENATORS OFFICES

Carl Levin's Michigan Offices

DETROIT
Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Suite 1860
Detroit, MI 48226-2576
TRAVERSE CITY
107 Cass Street
Suite E
Traverse City, MI 49684-2602

ESCANABA
524 Ludington Street
Suite LL-103
Escanaba, MI 49829-3949
SAGINAW
515 N. Washington Avenue
Suite 402
Saginaw, MI 48607-1370

GRAND RAPIDS
Gerald R. Ford Federal Building
110 Michigan Street, NW
Suite 720
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2313
WARREN
30500 Van Dyke Avenue
Suite 206
Warren, MI 48093-2109

LANSING
124 W. Allegan Street
Suite 1810
Lansing, MI 48933-1716

Debbie Stabenow's Michigan Offices


Mid-Michigan Office
Senator Debbie Stabenow
221 W. Lake Lansing Road, Suite 100
East Lansing, MI 48823

Southeast Michigan Office
243 W.Congress Suite 550
Detroit, MI 48226

Western Michigan Office
3280 Beltline Court, Suite 400
Grand Rapids, MI 49525

Flint/Saginaw Bay Area Office
2503 South Linden Rd.
Flint, MI 48532

Upper Peninsula Office
1901 W. Ridge
Marquette, MI 49855

Northern Michigan Office
3335 South Airport Road West Suite 6B
Traverse City, MI 49684