I 
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 sus-
pensions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
POST 
OFFICE 
EMERGENCY 
SUSPENSION 
WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 3692. Post office emergency suspension website 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall develop 
and maintain a publicly available website with an inter-
active web-tool that provides information about each cov-
ered post office, including the information described in 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) EMERGENCY SUSPENSION INFORMATION.—The 
information provided on the Website shall include— 
‘‘(1) a list of each covered post office; and 
‘‘(2) for each covered post office— 
‘‘(A) a street address; 
‘‘(B) the date on which the relevant emer-
gency suspension for such covered post office 
took effect; 
‘‘(C) the reason for such emergency sus-
pension; 
‘‘(D) alternative services available, includ-
ing how to request curbside delivery; 
‘‘(E) the location of, and hours of oper-
ation for, the nearest facility providing retail 
access to postal services; and 
‘‘(F) to the extent practicable, the esti-
mated date on which operations at such covered 
post office will resume. 
‘‘(c) 
ADDRESS
SEARCH
FUNCTIONALITY.—The 
Website shall include functionality enabling a user to 
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search for information about covered post offices by street 
address, ZIP Code, or post office box. 
‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The information described in sub-
section (a) shall be provided on the Website— 
‘‘(1) in a manner that— 
‘‘(A) presents such information on an 
interactive dashboard; 
‘‘(B) is searchable and may be sorted and 
filtered by the elements described in subsection 
(b)(2); and 
‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, enables any 
person or entity to download in bulk— 
‘‘(i) such information; and 
‘‘(ii) the results of a search by the ele-
ments described in subsection (b)(2); 
‘‘(2) in an open format that permits any indi-
vidual or entity to reuse and analyze such informa-
tion; and 
‘‘(3) in a structured data format, to the extent 
practicable. 
‘‘(e) SUSPENSION NOTICE.—Information provided on 
the Website shall not be considered as providing notice 
to any person that the operations of a post office have 
been temporarily suspended pursuant to subchapter 61 of 
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the Postal Service Handbook PO–101, or any successor 
policy. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED POST OFFICE.—The term ‘cov-
ered post office’ means a post office at which oper-
ations have been temporarily suspended pursuant to 
subchapter 61 of the Postal Service Handbook PO– 
101, or any successor policy. 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY
SUSPENSION.—The term 
‘emergency suspension’ means the temporary sus-
pension of operations at a post office pursuant to 
subchapter 61 of the Postal Service Handbook PO– 
101, or any successor policy. 
‘‘(3) POST
OFFICE.—The term ‘post office’ 
means a Post Office, as such term is defined in sec-
tion 241.1 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any successor regulation, and includes a post of-
fice branch or post office station. 
‘‘(4) WEBSITE.—The term ‘Website’ means the 
website described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Postal Service shall establish the website required under 
section 3692(a) of title 39, United States Code, as added 
by this Act. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 3691 the 
following new item: 
‘‘3692. Post office emergency suspension website.’’. 
Æ 
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