such temporary suspension of oper-
ations will begin; 
(II) the reasons for such tem-
porary suspension of operations; 
(III) plans for— 
(aa) providing retail postal 
services to persons served by 
such post office during such tem-
porary suspension of operations; 
(bb) 
providing 
persons 
served by such post office the op-
portunity required by subsection 
(c); and 
(cc) resuming the operations 
of such post office; and 
(IV) an estimate of when the op-
erations of such post office will re-
sume. 
(ii) 
ONSITE
NOTICES.—Notwith-
standing clause (i), a notice required under 
subparagraph (A) placed at the physical lo-
cation of a post office shall include instruc-
tions for accessing a website of the United 
States Postal Service containing the infor-
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mation described in clause (i) and may 
contain such information. 
(C) TIMING.—The United States Postal 
Service shall provide the notice required under 
subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the case of a temporary suspen-
sion of operations that the United States 
Postal Service plans or expects, not later 
than the later of— 
(I) 60 days prior to the expected 
date on which such temporary suspen-
sion of operations will begin; or 
(II) the earliest date on which 
the United States Postal Service plans 
or expects such temporary suspension 
of operations; and 
(ii) in all other cases, not later than 
14 days after the date on which operations 
are temporarily suspended. 
(D) 
NOTICE
REQUIRED.—The 
United 
States Postal Service may not temporarily sus-
pend operations at a post office unless the 
United States Postal Service provides the notice 
required under this paragraph, except that this 
subparagraph shall not apply if such temporary 
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suspension of operations is not at the discretion 
of the United States Postal Service or is nec-
essary due to health or safety concerns. 
(2) STATUS
UPDATES.—If the United States 
Postal Service temporarily suspends operations at a 
post office for a period of more than six months, not 
later than six months after the date on which such 
temporary suspension of operations begins, and 
every three months thereafter until the date on 
which such temporary suspension of operations ends, 
the United States Postal Service shall provide to 
persons served by such post office and the relevant 
officials for such post office a notice on the status 
of such temporary suspension of operations. 
(3) REOPENING
NOTICE.—Upon determining 
the date on which operations will resume at a post 
office at which operations are temporarily sus-
pended, the United States Postal Service shall notify 
persons served by such post office and the relevant 
officials for such post office of the date of such re-
sumption of operations at such post office and, in 
the case of a post office that has been relocated, the 
location of such post office. 
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(4) NOTICE
DISTRIBUTION.—For each notice 
required under this subsection with respect to a post 
office, the United States Postal Service shall— 
(A) mail such notice to persons served by 
such post office; 
(B) place such notice at the physical loca-
tion of such post office; 
(C) make such notice publicly available on 
a website of the United States Postal Service; 
(D) publish such notice on relevant social 
media websites; and 
(E) send such notice to a valid email of 
each relevant official. 
(5) RELEVANT
OFFICIALS
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘relevant officials’’, with re-
spect to a post office, means— 
(A) each Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to Congress) representing a con-
gressional district which includes all or part of 
the geographic area served by such post office; 
(B) each Senator representing a State 
which includes all or part of the geographic 
area served by such post office; and 
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(C) the head of each local government with 
jurisdiction over all or part of the geographic 
area served by such post office. 
(c) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
COMMENT.—The United 
States Postal Service shall provide persons served by a 
post office at which operations are temporarily suspended 
an opportunity to present their views on such temporary 
suspension of operations, including the relocation of such 
post office. 
(d) REPLACEMENT RETAIL POSTAL SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after 
the temporary suspension of operations at a post of-
fice, the United States Postal Service shall provide 
to persons served by such post office the services de-
scribed in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the same geographic area as such 
post office, to the extent practicable; and 
(B) to the extent that such post office pro-
vided such services immediately before such 
temporary suspension of operations. 
(2) RETAIL
POSTAL
SERVICES.—The services 
described in this paragraph are the following serv-
ices not available from the post office at which oper-
ations are temporarily suspended: 
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(A) Retail postal services, including the 
sale of boxes and other packaging material sold 
by the United States Postal Service. 
(B) A means for holders of post office 
boxes at such post office to receive mail sent to 
the post office box of such holder. 
(C) Providing, accepting, and processing 
forms necessary for persons to request a change 
of mailing address or a temporary halt to the 
delivery of mail to such person. 
(3) DURATION.—The United States Postal 
Service shall provide the services required by para-
graph (1) until the end of the temporary suspension 
of operations with respect to which the United 
States Postal Service is providing such services 
under such paragraph. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply only 
with respect to temporary suspensions of operations at 
post offices that begin after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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