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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6355 

To require the Postal Service to establish a website providing information 

on post offices experiencing emergency suspensions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2022 

Mrs. AXNE introduced the following bill 

JANUARY 10, 2022 

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To require the Postal Service to establish a website providing 

information on post offices experiencing emergency suspensions, 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. POST OFFICE EMERGENCY SUSPENSION 

4 WEBSITE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of 

6 title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 3692. Post office emergency suspension website 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall develop 

3 and maintain a publicly available website with an inter4 active web-tool that provides information about each cov5 ered post office, including the information described in 

6 subsection (b). 

7 ‘‘(b) EMERGENCY SUSPENSION INFORMATION.—The 

8 information provided on the Website shall include— 

9 ‘‘(1) a list of each covered post office; and 

10 ‘‘(2) for each covered post office— 

11 ‘‘(A) a street address; 

12 ‘‘(B) the date on which the relevant emer13 gency suspension for such covered post office 

14 took effect; 

15 ‘‘(C) the reason for such emergency sus16 pension; 

17 ‘‘(D) alternative services available, includ18 ing how to request curbside delivery; 

19 ‘‘(E) the location of, and hours of oper20 ation for, the nearest facility providing retail 

21 access to postal services; and 

22 ‘‘(F) to the extent practicable, the esti23 mated date on which operations at such covered 

24 post office will resume. 

25 ‘‘(c) ADDRESS SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY.—The 

26 Website shall include functionality enabling a user to 


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1 search for information about covered post offices by street 

2 address, ZIP Code, or post office box. 

3 ‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The information described in sub4 section (a) shall be provided on the Website— 

5 ‘‘(1) in a manner that— 

6 ‘‘(A) presents such information on an 

7 interactive dashboard; 

8 ‘‘(B) is searchable and may be sorted and 

9 filtered by the elements described in subsection 

10 (b)(2); and 

11 ‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, enables any 

12 person or entity to download in bulk— 

13 ‘‘(i) such information; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the results of a search by the ele15 ments described in subsection (b)(2); 

16 ‘‘(2) in an open format that permits any indi17 vidual or entity to reuse and analyze such informa18 tion; and 

19 ‘‘(3) in a structured data format, to the extent 

20 practicable. 

21 ‘‘(e) SUSPENSION NOTICE.—Information provided on 

22 the Website shall not be considered as providing notice 

23 to any person that the operations of a post office have 

24 been temporarily suspended pursuant to subchapter 61 of 


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1 the Postal Service Handbook PO–101, or any successor 

2 policy. 

3 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) COVERED POST OFFICE.—The term ‘cov5 ered post office’ means a post office at which oper6 ations have been temporarily suspended pursuant to 

7 subchapter 61 of the Postal Service Handbook PO– 

8 101, or any successor policy. 

9 ‘‘(2) EMERGENCY SUSPENSION.—The term 

10 ‘emergency suspension’ means the temporary sus11 pension of operations at a post office pursuant to 

12 subchapter 61 of the Postal Service Handbook PO– 

13 101, or any successor policy. 

14 ‘‘(3) POST OFFICE.—The term ‘post office’ 

15 means a Post Office, as such term is defined in sec16 tion 241.1 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, 

17 or any successor regulation, and includes a post of18 fice branch or post office station. 

19 ‘‘(4) WEBSITE.—The term ‘Website’ means the 

20 website described in subsection (a).’’. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.—Not later than 

22 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Postal Service shall establish the website required under 

24 section 3692(a) of title 39, United States Code, as added 

25 by this Act. 


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

2 for chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 

3 by inserting after the item relating to section 3691 the 

4 following new item: 

‘‘3692. Post office emergency suspension website.’’. 

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