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To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.
Summary
This act limits the United States Postal Service's authority to close, consolidate, downgrade, or take similar actions affecting postal processing and distribution centers. A processing and distribution center is defined as a central mail facility that distributes and dispatches incoming and outgoing mail for a designated service area and provides instructions to mailers on mail preparation and sorting requirements. The act prohibits the Postal Service from closing or consolidating any such facility in a state if the action would result in that state having no processing and distribution centers remaining.
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- Feb 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2025
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Barrasso, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, 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 “Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act” or the “POSTAL Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING POSTAL SERVICE PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN STATES.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Processing and distribution center.—The term “processing and distribution center” means a central mail facility that—
(A) distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
(B) provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and
(C) is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch.
(2) State.—The term “State” means a State or the District of Columbia.
(b) Limitation.—The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State. <all>
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