,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #h1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to strengthen the 
requirements relating to advance        
electronic information for cargo1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,uniform 
,postal ,data ,acquisition for          
,transparency and ,early ,detection     
within the ,united ,states ,postal      
,service ,act or the ,,updated ,,usps   
,act4  #b4 ,modification of requirements
 relating to advance electronic         
information for cargo  7a7 ,elimination 
of restriction on use of advance        
electronic information for commercial   
enforcement ,section #cdc7;a77#c77;,f7  
of the ,customs ,border ,security ,act  
of #bjjb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4                 
#adae7;a77#c77;,f77 is amended by       

striking 1 and shall and all that       
follows through thereunder4  7b7        
,elimination of waivers of requirement  
,to transmit advance electronic         
information for countries  7#a7 ,in     
general ,section #cdc7;a77#c77,k77vi7 of
 the ,customs ,border ,security ,act of 
#bjjb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4                    
#adae7;a77#c77,k77vi77 is amended-- 7,a7
 by striking subclauses 7,,ii71 7,,iii71
 and 7,,iv72 and  7,b7 by striking 7,i7 
,notwithstanding and inserting          
,notwithstanding4  7#b7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by paragraph 7#a7  
take effect on the date that is #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4  7c7 ,requirement ,to refuse 
shipments for which advance electronic  
information is not transmitted ,section 
#cdc7;a77#c77,k77vii7 of the ,customs   
,border ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#ai    
,u4,s4,c4 #adae7;a77#c77,k77vii77 is    
amended to read as follows3  7vii7 ,the 
,commissioner shall refuse entry for any
 international mail shipments described 

in clause 7i7 received after ,december  
#ca1 #bjbb1 for which the information   
described in paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 is
 not transmitted as required under this 
subparagraph4  4  7d7 ,inclusion of     
letter class mail2 publication of number
 of shipments for which advance         
electronic information not transmitted  
,section #cdc7;a77#c77,k7 of the        
,customs ,border ,security ,act of #bjjb
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #adae7;a77#c77,k77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating clauses 
7viii7 and 7ix7 as clauses 7x7 and 7xi71
 respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting   
after clause 7vii7 the following3       
7viii7 ,not later than ,december #ca1   
#bjbb1 the ,postal ,service shall       
arrange for the transmission to the     
,commissioner of the information        
described in paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7   
for all international mail shipments4   
7ix7 ,not less frequently than every #cj
 days1 the ,postal ,service shall       
publish on a publicly accessible        
internet website the number of          

international mail shipments for which  
the information described in paragraphs 
7#a7 and 7#b7 was not transmitted to the
 ,commissioner under this subparagraph  
during the preceding #cj-;day period4  4
  7e7 ,monthly report ,section #cdc7;a7 
of the ,customs ,border ,security ,act  
of #bjjb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #adae7;a77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#f7 ,monthly report ,not   
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of the ,,updated ,,usps   
,act1 and every #cj days thereafter1 the
 ,secretary shall publish1 for the      
preceding #cj-;day period1 the following
 information3 7,a7 ,the total volume of 
international mail shipments and other  
cargo received by the ,postal ,service  
and private sector importers for which  
advance electronic information is       
submitted under this section4  7,b7 ,the
 number of packages included in such    
shipments and cargo that ,u4,s4 ,customs
 and ,border ,protection requested to   
screen and the number of packages       

provided for such screening by the      
,postal ,service and private sector     
importers4  7,c7 ,an assessment of the  
results of inspections by ,u4,s4        
,customs and ,border ,protection of     
international mail facilities and       
private sector importers1 including the 
number of goods inspected and seized4   
7,d7 ,the volume of ,inbound ,express   
,mail ,service items entered under      
section #acjca7;b77#i77;,d7 of the      
,consolidated ,omnibus ,budget          
,reconciliation ,act of #aihe 7#ai      
,u4,s4,c4 #eh;c7b77#i77;,d774  7,e7 ,the
 total amount of fees paid to ,u4,s4    
,customs and ,border ,protection by the 
,postal ,service and private sector     
importers under that section4  7,f7 ,the
 number of international mail shipments1
 disaggregated by letters and packages1 
received from each foreign country4  4  
7f7 ,technical amendments ,section #cdc 
of the ,customs ,border ,security ,act  
of #bjjb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #adae7 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            

7a77#c77;,g71 by striking the second    
period at the end2  7#b7 by amending    
subsection 7c7 to read as follows3  7c7 
,secretary defined ,in this section1 the
 term ,secretary means the ,secretary of
 the ,treasury and the ,secretary of    
,homeland ,security acting jointly4  2  
and  7#c7 by striking the ,customs      
,service each place it appears and      
inserting ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border   
,protection4