STOP Act 2.0 increases penalties for mail fraud involving misrepresentation of country of origin and terminates the authority to exclude countries.
STOP Act 2.0 amends the federal criminal code to increase the penalty for knowingly misrepresenting the country of origin of an international mail shipment. The bill also terminates the authority to exclude countries from the requirement to transmit advance electronic information for 100 percent of mail shipments under the STOP Act of 2018. The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Postmaster General may enter into a public-private partnership to develop technology and processes for identifying information that could be used to identify the origin of fentanyl, other.
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