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Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act
To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures used by the United States Postal Service for the closure or consolidation of contract postal units, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to implement new procedures before closing or consolidating contract postal units. The Postal Service must publish a report on expected customer impacts, submit a report to Congress explaining its reasoning, and hold a public hearing where affected residents can participate in-person or virtually. Within a week of the hearing, the Postal Service must publish a summary of comments received and the percentage that supported or opposed the closure. Additionally, the bill requires a 180-day waiting period after publishing the hearing summary before any contract postal unit can be closed or consolidated.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to George Whitesides’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY $31,495
- GOOGLE LLC $27,766
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY $21,438
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY $19,734
- MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL $16,400
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Actions (2)
- Sep 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Sep 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 16, 2025
Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mrvan, and Ms. Salinas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures used by the United States Postal Service for the closure or consolidation of contract postal units, 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 “Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURES TO CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE CONTRACT POSTAL UNITS.
Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f)(1) With respect to the closure or consolidation of any contract postal unit on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act, the Postal Service shall—
“(A) publish, on the Postal Service’s public website, a report on expected impacts the closure or consolidation will have on customers and what steps the Postal Service will take to ensure continued access to postal services in affected areas;
“(B) submit a report to Congress on the reasons for closing or consolidating the contract postal unit;
“(C) hold a public hearing on the closure or consolidation, which may be attended in-person or virtually by any members of the public affected by the closure or consolidation; and
“(D) not later than 7 days after the hearing under subparagraph (C), publish, on the Postal Service’s public website, a summary of the hearing and include in such summary a description of any comments made or otherwise submitted at such hearing and the percentage of such comments that were in support or against the closure or consolidation.
“(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a contract postal unit may not be closed or consolidated until on or after the date that is 180 days after the date the summary is published under paragraph (1)(D).”. <all>
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