January 14, 2025
Mr. Case (for himself, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Hernández, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mrs. King-Hinds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
To require fair shipping prices for noncontiguous areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Affordable Shipping for All Act
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Sec. 2. Prohibition on higher shipping fees
No shipping service may exceed the shipping charge for the same product to and from a location in the contiguous United States as charged to a consumer product or producer good to the noncontiguous area of the United States.
Sec. 3. Prohibition on excluding noncontiguous areas
No shipping service may exclude—
(1)
a noncontiguous area of the United States from its shipping polices; or
(2)
a noncontiguous area of the United States from shipping to its location.
Sec. 4. Exemptions
Any consumer product or producer good valued at more than $10,000 shall be exempt from the requirements of this Act.
Sec. 5. Definitions
In this Act:
(1) Consumer products
The term consumer products means the finished commodities for end-user use that will go directly to the consumer.
(2) Contiguous United States
The term contiguous United States shall refer to the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
(3) Noncontiguous area
The term noncontiguous area means any part of the United States not physically connected to the contiguous United States, including Alaska and Hawaii and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) Producer goods
The term producer goods means raw materials used to produce other products.
(5) Shipping services
The term shipping service—
(A)
means private companies whose primary business model is the transporting of products for retailers; and
(B)
includes the United States Postal Service.