,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bi1 
#bjbc,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,collins1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,cardin1    
,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4          
,hickenlooper1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4    
,coons1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,cortez       
,masto1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 and ,mr4 ,king7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to modify the role and duties of ,united
 ,states ,postal ,service police        
officers1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,postal ,police ,reform ,act of     
#bjbc4  #b4 ,role and duties of ,,usps  
police officers  7a7 ,in general        
,section #cjfa7;c7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
striking 7c77#a7 and all that follows   
through the end of paragraph 7#a7 and   

inserting the following3  7c7 7#a7 7,a7 
,the ,postal ,service may employ police 
officers for duty in connection with the
 protection of-- 7i7 the mail2  7ii7    
property owned or occupied by the       
,postal ,service or under the charge and
 control of the ,postal ,service2  7iii7
 persons on the property described in   
clause 7ii72 and  7iv7 on-duty employees
 of the ,postal ,service in any location
 in the ,united ,states4  7,b7 ,the duty
 described in subparagraph 7,a7 may     
occur in areas outside the property     
owned or occupied by the ,postal        
,service to the extent necessary to     
effect the protection described in that 
subparagraph4  2  7#b7 in paragraph     
7#b71 by striking ,with respect to such 
property1 such officers and inserting   
,any officer assigned to provide the    
protection described in paragraph       
7#a77;,a72 and  7#c7 in paragraph 7#c7--
 7,a7 in the matter preceding           
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking such     
property and inserting the protection   

described in paragraph 7#a77;,a72 and   
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
committed against and all that follows  
and inserting the following3 committed  
against-- 7i7 property owned or occupied
 by the ,postal ,service or under the   
charge and control of the ,postal       
,service2  7ii7 persons on the property 
described in clause 7i72 or  7iii7      
on-duty employees of the ,postal        
,service in any location in the ,united 
,states4  4  7b7 ,technical amendment   
,section #cjfa7;c77#b77;,c7 of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking ,unites ,states and         
inserting ,united ,states4