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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7527 

To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations requiring 

Postal Service employees and contractors to report to the Postal Service 

traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or 

death, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. COMER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations requiring Postal Service employees and contractors 

to report to the Postal Service traffic crashes involving 

vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or death, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mail Traffic Deaths 

5 Reporting Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND IN2 JURIES INVOLVING VEHICLES TRANS3 PORTING MAIL. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General of 

6 the Postal Service shall issue regulations to require the 

7 collection, tracking, and public reporting of information 

8 related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crash9 es involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations 

10 shall establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and en11 force compliance with the reporting requirements of this 

12 Act and may utilize existing reporting mechanisms in use 

13 at the time of enactment of this Act. 

14 (b) REPORTS ON CRASHES.— 

15 (1) EMPLOYEES.—Any employee of the Postal 

16 Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall 

17 report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involv18 ing the vehicle the employee was operating during 

19 such transportation that resulted in injury or death 

20 not later than three days after such crash. 

21 (2) CONTRACTORS.—Any contractor (of any 

22 tier) of the Postal Service engaged in the transpor23 tation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any 

24 traffic crash involving the vehicle the contractor was 

25 operating during such transportation that resulted 


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1 in injury or death not later than three days after 

2 such crash. 

3 (3) CONTENTS.—Any report submitted under 

4 paragraph (1) or (2) shall include detailed informa5 tion describing, at a minimum, the crash, including 

6 the date, time, location, nature of the crash, infor7 mation identifying the contractor, number of inju8 ries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the 

9 crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may 

10 be) shall update the report, in such form and man11 ner as the Postal Service deems appropriate, to re12 flect any change in crash-caused injuries or fatali13 ties. 

14 (4) ACCOMMODATIONS IN EVENT OF INJURY.— 

15 The Postal Service shall provide for procedures 

16 under which reports may be submitted under this 

17 subsection under an alternative deadline in the event 

18 a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable to 

19 submit a report due to serious injury resulting from 

20 the applicable crash. 

21 (5) STANDARD FORM.—The Postmaster Gen22 eral shall create a standard form available to Postal 

23 Service employees and contractors for the purposes 

24 of submitting reports under this subsection. 

25 (c) DATABASE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 

2 maintain a continuously updated internal digital 

3 database that includes comprehensive information 

4 related to deaths and injuries from traffic crashes 

5 involving vehicles transporting mail. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—The database shall include 

7 any information provided by Postal Service employ8 ees and contractors under subsection (b). 

9 (d) REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 

11 make available to the public an annual report sum12 marizing information related to deaths and injuries 

13 from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting 

14 mail. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include ag16 gregated statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance 

17 transparency and accountability. 

18 (3) PRIVACY.—Information in the report shall 

19 be made available to the public in a manner that 

20 does not personally identify any Postal Service em21 ployee, contractor, or any other individual. 

22 (e) PENALTIES.—Any Postal Service contractor who 

23 fails to report a traffic crash within the deadline pre24 scribed under subsection (b) shall be subject to appro25 priate penalties as determined appropriate by the Postal 


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1 Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or termi2 nation of contracts. The Postal Service may take into ac3 count the severity of the applicable traffic crash and the 

4 frequency of noncompliance with the requirements of this 

5 Act by the applicable Postal Service contractor when de6 termining which penalty to apply (if any). 

7 (f) CRASH DEFINED.—In this Act, the term 

8 ‘‘crash’’— 

9 (1) means an occurrence involving a commercial 

10 motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate 

11 or intrastate commerce which results in— 

12 (A) a fatality; 

13 (B) bodily injury to a person who, as a re14 sult of the injury, immediately receives medical 

15 treatment away from the scene of the accident; 

16 or 

17 (C) one or more motor vehicles incurring 

18 disabling damage as a result of the accident, re19 quiring at least one of the motor vehicle to be 

20 transported away from the scene by a tow truck 

21 or other motor vehicle; and 

22 (2) does not include— 

23 (A) an occurrence involving only boarding 

24 and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; 

25 or 


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1 (B) an occurrence involving only the load2 ing or unloading of cargo. 

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