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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6575 

To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to require the Postal 

Service to use a mobile retail unit to provide retail postal services 

to an area when the post office for such area is temporarily unable 

to provide such services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2023 

Mr. LALOTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to 

require the Postal Service to use a mobile retail unit 

to provide retail postal services to an area when the 

post office for such area is temporarily unable to provide 

such services, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobile Post Office Re5 lief Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE RETAIL UNITS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 39, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new section: 

5 ‘‘§ 417. Deployment of mobile retail units 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three business 

7 days after the date on which a postal retail facility be8 comes a covered postal retail facility, the Postal Service 

9 shall station in the geographic area served by the covered 

10 postal retail facility a vehicle or mobile facility of the Post11 al Service that shall provide the services described in sub12 section (b) to the extent that the covered postal retail facil13 ity provided such services immediately before temporarily 

14 ceasing to provide retail postal services. 

15 ‘‘(b) RETAIL POSTAL SERVICES.—The services de16 scribed in this subsection are the following services not 

17 available from the covered postal retail facility: 

18 ‘‘(1) Retail postal services, including the sale of 

19 boxes and other packaging material sold by the 

20 Postal Service. 

21 ‘‘(2) A means for holders of post office boxes at 

22 the covered postal facility to receive mail sent to the 

23 post office box of such holder. 

24 ‘‘(3) Providing, accepting, and processing forms 

25 necessary for persons to request a change of mailing 


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1 address or a temporary halt to the delivery of mail 

2 to such person. 

3 ‘‘(c) DURATION.—For each covered postal retail facil4 ity, Postal Service shall provide the services required 

5 under subsection (a) using a vehicle or mobile facility of 

6 the Postal Service until the covered postal retail facility 

7 ceases to be a covered postal retail facility. 

8 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

9 ‘‘(1) COVERED POSTAL RETAIL FACILITY.—The 

10 term ‘covered postal retail facility’ means a postal 

11 retail facility that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is located not less than half a mile 

13 away from all other postal retail facilities; 

14 ‘‘(B) is temporarily not providing retail 

15 postal services; 

16 ‘‘(C) has not provided such services in the 

17 immediately preceding 60-day period; and 

18 ‘‘(D) in the case of a postal retail facility 

19 operated by a contractor, the contractor ceased 

20 providing such services at such facility prior to 

21 the expiration or termination by the Postal 

22 Service of the contract or other agreement 

23 under which the contractor was providing such 

24 services at such facility. 


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1 ‘‘(2) POSTAL RETAIL FACILITY.—The term 

2 ‘postal retail facility’ means a facility, other than a 

3 mobile facility— 

4 ‘‘(A) of the Postal Service providing retail 

5 postal services: or 

6 ‘‘(B) operated by a contractor, at which 

7 the contractor provides retail postal services 

8 under a contract or other agreement with the 

9 Postal Service.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para12 graph (2), section 417 of title 39, United States 

13 Code, shall apply with respect to each postal retail 

14 facility that, as of the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, is a covered postal retail facility in the same 

16 manner as if such postal retail facility became a cov17 ered postal retail facility immediately after the en18 actment of this Act. 

19 (2) DEADLINE.—For the purposes of applying 

20 section 417 of title 39, United States Code, to a cov21 ered postal retail facility under paragraph (1), the 

22 Postal Service shall be deemed to comply with sub23 section (a) of such section if, not later than 30 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Post25 al Service stations in the geographic area served by 


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1 the covered postal retail facility a vehicle or mobile 

2 facility of the Postal Service providing the services 

3 required under such subsection. 

4 (3) COVERED POSTAL RETAIL FACILITY; POST5 AL RETAIL FACILITY.—In this subsection, the terms 

6 ‘‘covered postal retail facility’’ and ‘‘postal retail fa7 cility’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec8 tion 417(d) of title 39, United States Code. 

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘417. Deployment of mobile retail units.’’. 

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