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INFORM Act of 2025

To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes that will affect nationwide postal services, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 12, 2025

Latest action (Feb 12, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (3)
Government information and archivesPostal Regulatory CommissionPostal service

Summary
  • Requires the U.S. Postal Service to submit proposed changes that affect nationwide or substantially nationwide postal services to the Postal Regulatory Commission for an advisory opinion
  • Requires the Postal Service to post notices of changes in affected postal facilities for at least 30 days after the change takes effect
  • Notices must include the change details, implementation timelines, anticipated impacts, public meeting information, and contact details for public comment
  • The Postal Service must provide contact information for public comment and other helpful resources in the notices

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Harriet M. Hageman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $186,467
  • DEERING WINE $13,200
  • ENTREPRENEUR $9,352
  • NEWSMAX $6,849
  • TREE OF LIFE FOUNDATION $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Harriet M. Hageman → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 4465 — To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors. (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1065 — INFORM Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 22 — SAVE Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • SCONRES 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1065 — INFORM Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 2103 — Protect Postal Performance Act · Introduced Mar 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 1065 — Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 6441 — Puerto Rico Postal Equity Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 2095 — Postal Police Reform Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 5073 — INFORM Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 12, 2025

Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes that will affect nationwide postal services, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Instituting Notification Formalities On Reorganizing Mail Act of 2025” or the “INFORM Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICES RELATING TO CHANGES IN NATURE OF POSTAL SERVICES.

Section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “The” and inserting “In General.—The”;

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) by inserting “Change in Nature of Postal Services.—” before “When”; and

(B) by striking “When” and all that follows, and inserting the following:

“(1) In general.—When the Postal Service determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it shall—

“(A) submit a proposed change, within a reasonable time prior to the effective date of the change, to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change; and

“(B) on the date such proposed change is submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, post a notice of the change within affected storefront postal facilities, to remain posted for no fewer than 30 days after the change has gone into effect, and such notice shall include—

“(i) relevant details of the change;

“(ii) associated timelines related to the implementation of the change;

“(iii) anticipated impacts on nationwide postal services;

“(iv) details of any public meetings and opportunities for public comment;

“(v) contact information for public comment; and

“(vi) other helpful resources as deemed necessary by the Postal Service.”;

(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (2) of subsection (b); and

(4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—

(A) by inserting “Hearing and opinion of commission.—” before “The Commission”; and

(B) by striking “proposal” and inserting “proposed change”. <all>

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