,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjba,mr4
 ,gaetz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1    
,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,biggs1   
,mr4 ,burchett1 ,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4      
,steube1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 and ,mrs4 ,greene 
of ,georgia7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit funds from being  
used to implement the ,internet ,covert 
,operations ,program under the ,united  
,states ,postal ,inspection ,service1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,uspis ,surveillance ,protection ,act4 
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as   
follows3 7#a7 ,the ,united ,states      
,postal ,service has been operating a   
clandestine domestic surveillance       
program of ,americans' social media     
activity known as the ,internet ,covert 
,operations ,program 7i,c,o,p74  7#b7   
i,c,o,p is part of the ,united ,states  

,postal ,inspection ,service which is   
the law enforcement and security        
component of ,,usps4  7#c7 ,the ,,usp   
,inspection ,service is operating       
outside of its ,,usps jurisdiction when 
it monitors internet users' sharing of  
information as its jurisdiction is      
narrowly defined within postal mail     
only4  7#d7 ,the i,c,o,p program is a   
violation of privacy2 it encroaches upon
 the private lives of ,americans and    
seeks to curb constitutional rights of  
the ,first ,amendment4  7#e7 i,c,o,p is 
not only illegal for operating outside  
of its stated jurisdiction1 but also    
politically motivated in its target4    
#c4 ,prohibition on funding of program  
,no ,federal funds 7including amounts   
available in the ,postal ,service ,fund 
established under section #bjjc of title
 #ci1 ,united ,states ,code7 may be used
 to implement1 conduct1 or otherwise    
carry out the ,internet ,covert         
,operations ,program operated by the    
,united ,states ,postal ,inspection     

,service or any other domestic          
surveillance program with politically   
motivated targets4