SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post Office Community 
Partnership Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE PROPOSED CLOS-
ING, CONSOLIDATION, RELOCATION, OR CON-
STRUCTION OF A POST OFFICE. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—Section 404(b) of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), re-
spectively, by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’, and 
by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the 
following: 
‘‘(b)(1) This subsection shall apply in the case of any 
proposed closing, consolidation, relocation, or construction 
of a post office.’’. 
(b) ADVANCE NOTICE.—Paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion 404(b) (as so redesignated) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) The Postal Service, before making a deter-
mination under subsection (a)(3) as to the necessity for 
a proposed action described in paragraph (1), shall, in 
order to ensure that local government officials and the 
persons who are (or would be) served by the post office 
involved will have an opportunity to present their views, 
provide adequate notice of its intention to take such action 
with respect to such post office at least 60 days before—
‘‘(i) in the case of the proposed construction of 
a post office, the date of the determination under 
subsection (a)(3); or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an action other than the 
proposed construction of a post office, the proposed 
date of such action. 
‘‘(B) The requirements of this paragraph shall not 
be considered met unless the notice—
‘‘(i) has, by the deadline specified in subpara-
graph (A)—
‘‘(I) been hand delivered or delivered by 
mail to local government officials and the other 
persons required under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(II) been published once a week for at 
least 4 weeks in 1 or more newspapers regularly 
issued and of general circulation within the ZIP 
code areas which are (or would be) served by 
the post office involved; and 
‘‘(ii) includes a description of the action pro-
posed to be taken with respect to the post office in-
volved, a summary of the reasons for the proposed 
action, and the date on which such action is pro-
posed to be taken (or, if the construction of a post 
office is involved, the proposed timetable therefor).’’.
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—Paragraph (3) of such sec-
tion 404(b) (as so redesignated) is amended—
(1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘to close or consolidate’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
take a proposed action with respect to’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘such closing or consolidation’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such action’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘, taking into account (I) 
the extent to which the post office is part of a core 
downtown business area (if at all), and (II) the na-
ture and the extent of any opposition within the 
community to the proposed action;’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘Postal 
Service employed at such office;’’ and inserting 
‘‘Postal Service;’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by inserting 
‘‘quantified long-term’’ before ‘‘economic’’; and 
(6) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of clause (iv), by redesignating clause (v) as 
clause (viii), and by inserting after clause (iv) the 
following: 
‘‘(v) any views or concerns expressed by 
any officials or other representatives of local 
government, including whether the proposed ac-