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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7527 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Reporting Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND IN5 JURIES INVOLVING VEHICLES TRANS6 PORTING MAIL. 

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

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

9 the Postal Service shall issue regulations to require the 

10 collection, tracking, and public reporting of information 

11 related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crash12 es involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations 

13 shall establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and en14 force compliance with the reporting requirements of this 

15 Act and may utilize existing reporting mechanisms in use 

16 at the time of enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) REPORTS ON CRASHES.— 

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

19 Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall 

20 report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involv21 ing the vehicle the employee was operating during 

22 such transportation that resulted in injury or death 

23 not later than three days after such crash. 

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

25 tier) of the Postal Service engaged in the transpor26 tation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any 


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1 traffic crash involving the vehicle the contractor was 

2 operating during such transportation that resulted 

3 in injury or death not later than three days after 

4 such crash. 

5 (3) CONTENTS.—Any report submitted under 

6 paragraph (1) or (2) shall include detailed informa7 tion describing, at a minimum, the crash, including 

8 the date, time, location, nature of the crash, infor9 mation identifying the contractor, number of inju10 ries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the 

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

12 be) shall update the report, in such form and man13 ner as the Postal Service deems appropriate, to re14 flect any change in crash-caused injuries or fatali15 ties. 

16 (4) ACCOMMODATIONS IN EVENT OF INJURY.— 

17 The Postal Service shall provide for procedures 

18 under which reports may be submitted under this 

19 subsection under an alternative deadline in the event 

20 a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable to 

21 submit a report due to serious injury resulting from 

22 the applicable crash. 

23 (5) STANDARD FORM.—The Postmaster Gen24 eral shall create a standard form available to Postal 


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1 Service employees and contractors for the purposes 

2 of submitting reports under this subsection. 

3 (c) DATABASE.— 

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

5 maintain a continuously updated internal digital 

6 database that includes comprehensive information 

7 related to deaths and injuries from traffic crashes 

8 involving vehicles transporting mail. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—The database shall include 

10 any information provided by Postal Service employ11 ees and contractors under subsection (b). 

12 (d) REPORT.— 

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

14 make available to the public an annual report sum15 marizing information related to deaths and injuries 

16 from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting 

17 mail. 

18 (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include ag19 gregated statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance 

20 transparency and accountability. 

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

22 be made available to the public in a manner that 

23 does not personally identify any Postal Service em24 ployee, contractor, or any other individual. 


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

2 fails to report a traffic crash within the deadline pre3 scribed under subsection (b) shall be subject to appro4 priate penalties as determined appropriate by the Postal 

5 Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or termi6 nation of contracts. The Postal Service may take into ac7 count the severity of the applicable traffic crash and the 

8 frequency of noncompliance with the requirements of this 

9 Act by the applicable Postal Service contractor when de10 termining which penalty to apply (if any). 

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

12 ‘‘crash’’— 

13 (1) means an occurrence involving a commercial 

14 motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate 

15 or intrastate commerce which results in— 

16 (A) a fatality; 

17 (B) bodily injury to a person who, as a re18 sult of the injury, immediately receives medical 

19 treatment away from the scene of the accident; 

20 or 

21 (C) one or more motor vehicles incurring 

22 disabling damage as a result of the accident, re23 quiring at least one of the motor vehicle to be 

24 transported away from the scene by a tow truck 

25 or other motor vehicle; and 


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1 (2) does not include— 

2 (A) an occurrence involving only boarding 

3 and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; 

4 or 

5 (B) an occurrence involving only the load6 ing or unloading of cargo. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 6, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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