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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6441 
To require the Postmaster General update the systems of the Postal Service 
to accurately recognize and preserve address data, including the proper 
use of linguistic characters and place names, in Puerto Rico, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. HERNA´NDEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Postmaster General update the systems of 
the Postal Service to accurately recognize and preserve 
address data, including the proper use of linguistic char-
acters and place names, in Puerto Rico, 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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Postal 
Equity Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The accurate identification, formatting, and 
integration of physical addresses are essential to the 
efficient operation of the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the reliability of mail delivery, the facilitation of 
e-commerce, and the equitable distribution of Fed-
eral programs and services. 
(2) Historical and structural complexities in 
Puerto Rico’s local addressing conventions create in-
consistencies between locally assigned addresses and 
those recognized by the United States Postal Serv-
ice, Federal agencies, and major private platforms, 
resulting in recurring delivery and validation fail-
ures. 
(3) Such inconsistencies include the omission or 
alteration of diacritical marks recognized in Spanish- 
language place names, street names, and surnames, 
which can lead to misidentification, delivery errors, 
and data mismatches in official records. 
(4) The preservation of accurate orthography 
and culturally specific characters in Federal data 
systems is essential to ensuring the integrity of offi-
cial records, compliance with civil rights and lan-
guage access standards, and the protection of iden-
tity and property rights. 
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(5) Strengthened coordination between the 
United States Postal Service and the Department of 
Commerce, including the Census Bureau, would en-
hance national data accuracy, support economic de-
velopment, and advance equity across Puerto Rico 
by improving how the United States Postal Service 
identifies and resolves recurrent address recognition 
and delivery issues in Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCURACY OF PUERTO RICO 
ADDRESS DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General 
shall develop and implement improvements to the systems 
of the United States Postal Service to improve the accu-
racy and recognition of addresses in Puerto Rico, includ-
ing— 
(1) using existing operational indicators of the 
United States Postal Service, including Undeliver-
able-As-Addressed codes, mail delivery exception 
records, address quality data from the address man-
agement system of the United States Postal Service, 
delivery point validation results, consumer complaint 
information, and address validation outcomes data 
from the websites of the United States Postal Serv-
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ice, to identify locations in Puerto Rico with per-
sistent address recognition or mail delivery issues; 
(2) updating the address records, routing infor-
mation, and validation tables of the United States 
Postal Service for the locations identified under sub-
section (1); 
(3) revising the relevant systems of the United 
States Postal Service, including address matching, 
address validation, and mail and delivery routing 
systems, to support the use of diacritical marks and 
other address elements used in Puerto Rico for ad-
dresses in Puerto Rico; and 
(4) taking such other actions as determined ap-
propriate by the Postmaster General based on the 
relevant data to improve the recognition by the sys-
tems of the United States Postal Service of and the 
proper delivery of mail to properly assigned address-
es in Puerto Rico. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Postmaster General shall consult with the Bureau of 
the Census, including the Census Open Innovation Lab, 
the Puerto Rico Planning Board established by Puerto 
Rico Act 75–1975 (23 L.P.R.A. 62 et seq.), and appro-
priate local governments in Puerto Rico, to obtain infor-
mation required to carry out such subsection. 
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(c) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after en-
actment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three 
years, the Postmaster General shall submit to Congress 
a report detailing— 
(1) the actions taken under this section; 
(2) the progress of the United States Postal 
Service in improving the recognition of and accuracy 
of delivery to addresses in Puerto Rico; and 
(3) any barriers to carrying out subsection (a) 
and recommendations for legislative or administra-
tive action to address such barriers. 
(d) DIACRITICAL MARK DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘diacritical mark’’ means any accent, tilde, or other 
orthographic sign used by the Spanish language to indi-
cate pronunciation or meaning in proper nouns and place 
names within Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 4. CUTGO COMPLIANCE. 
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act. The Postmaster General 
shall carry out this Act using amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available to United States Postal Service. 
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