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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5530 
To amend section 404 of title 39, United States Code, to permit contractors 
to independently continue operating contract postal units that would 
otherwise be closed by the United States Postal Service, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 404 of title 39, United States Code, to 
permit contractors to independently continue operating 
contract postal units that would otherwise be closed by 
the United States Postal Service, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Contracting Fi-
nancial Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUED OPERATION OF CONTRACT POSTAL 
UNITS. 
Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f)(1) If the Postal Service makes a determination 
to terminate or not renew a contract postal unit operation 
agreement with a covered contractor for a contract postal 
unit, the covered contractor may, in the sole discretion of 
the covered contractor, elect to have such contract postal 
unit operation agreement remain in effect in accordance 
with this subsection if— 
‘‘(A) such determination to terminate or not 
renew the contract postal unit operation agreement 
is not primarily or entirely based on the covered con-
tractor breaching such contract postal unit operation 
agreement; 
‘‘(B) the Postal Service has not entered into 
another contract postal unit operation agreement 
with the covered contractor for the contract postal 
unit; 
‘‘(C) the covered contractor submits to the 
Postal Service a notice of such election by the cov-
ered contractor; and 
‘‘(D) the covered contractor agrees to amend 
the terms and conditions of the contract postal unit 
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operation agreement in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), a 
contract postal unit operation agreement that remains in 
effect pursuant to an election by a covered contractor 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same terms and condi-
tions as the terms and conditions in effect immediately 
prior to the date on which, but for such election, the con-
tract postal unit operation agreement would have termi-
nated or ended, and such terms and conditions shall apply 
in the same manner as such terms and conditions applied 
immediately prior to such date, except that, after such 
date, the contract postal unit operation agreement shall— 
‘‘(i) not obligate the Postal Service to 
make any payment to the covered contractor; 
and 
‘‘(ii) remain in effect until— 
‘‘(I) the Postal Service terminates the 
contract postal unit operation agreement 
for a breach of the contract postal unit op-
eration agreement by the covered con-
tractor; or 
‘‘(II) the covered contractor— 
‘‘(aa) terminates the contract 
postal unit operation agreement; or 
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‘‘(bb) permanently ceases to op-
erate the contract postal unit with re-
spect to which the contract postal unit 
operation agreement applies. 
‘‘(B)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a 
contract postal unit operation agreement that re-
mains in effect pursuant to an election by a covered 
contractor under paragraph (1) shall, if determined 
appropriate by the Postmaster General, require the 
Postal Service to make payments to the covered con-
tractor with respect to the operation of the contract 
postal unit with respect to which the contract postal 
unit operation agreement applies after the date on 
which, but for such election, the contract postal unit 
operation agreement would have terminated or 
ended. 
‘‘(ii) The Postmaster General shall determine 
terms and conditions of any payments the Postal 
Service is required to make to a covered contractor 
under a contract postal unit operation agreement 
pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(3) If a covered contractor makes the election under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a contract postal unit oper-
ation agreement, the Postal Service shall agree to amend 
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the terms and conditions of the contract postal unit oper-
ation agreement in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘contract postal unit’ means a fa-
cility operated by a covered contractor at which the 
covered contractor provides retail postal services 
under a contract postal unit operation agreement; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘contract postal unit operation 
agreement’ means a contract or other agreement be-
tween the Postal Service and a covered contractor 
under which the covered contractor operates a con-
tract postal unit; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘covered contractor’ means an in-
dividual or entity operating a contract postal unit 
under a contract postal unit operation agreement.’’. 
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