SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO POST OFFICE CLOSURE OR CON-
SOLIDATION PROCEDURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including whether 
such closing or consolidation will decrease access to 
postal or nonpostal service offered at such post of-
fice in such community with respect to elderly indi-
viduals, economically disadvantaged individuals, indi-
viduals with limited mobility, or individuals without 
reliable and affordable access to the Internet’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)(v), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including, during the 
previous 5 years: the number of, and revenue derived 
from, money-order transactions processed by such 
post office; the volume of international mail proc-
essed by such post office; and the number of cus-
tomers served at such post office’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Any determination of the Postal Service to 
close or consolidate a post office shall be in writing and 
shall include the findings of the Postal Service with re-
spect to the considerations required to be made under 
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paragraph (2). Such determination and findings shall be 
made available to individuals served by such post office. 
‘‘(B) With respect to the closing or consolidation of 
a post office located in a community where individuals list-
ed in paragraph (2)(A)(i) reside, the analysis required 
under paragraph (2) shall include an assessment of the 
effect such closing or consolidation will have on such indi-
viduals.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Postal Service shall not close or consolidate 
a post office if such closing or consolidation would result 
in a disproportionate, unreasonable, or undue burden on 
a class of individuals listed in paragraph (2)(A)(i). 
‘‘(8) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) an individual is ‘economically disadvan-
taged’ if, with respect to the community in which 
such individual lives, at least 60 percent of the 
households have children who are eligible for free or 
reduced price lunches under the school lunch pro-
gram under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘elderly’, used with respect to an 
individual, means age 65 or older; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘post office’ includes a branch 
post office and a post office station; 
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‘‘(D) whether an individual has limited mobility 
shall be determined by, with respect to the commu-
nity in which such individual lives— 
‘‘(i) how accessible public transportation is, 
as measured by the availability of public trans-
portation options in the community; the fre-
quency of service on such options; and the time 
and distance required to access such options as 
a pedestrian; and 
‘‘(ii) the rate of highway motor vehicle 
ownership, as measured by, in the most recent 
American Community Survey published by the 
Bureau of the Census, the difference between 
the number of individuals in such community 
that own or lease a highway motor vehicle and 
the statewide average of individuals who own or 
lease such a vehicle; 
‘‘(E) in order to determine whether an indi-
vidual has reliable and affordable access to the 
Internet, the Postal Service shall use the Internet 
Use Supplement in the most recent Current Popu-
lation Survey published by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus; and 
‘‘(F) in order to determine the statistical data 
required under this subsection with respect to a 
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class of individuals listed in paragraph (2)(A)(i), the 
Postal Service may use any available data from local 
or State governments or the Federal Government.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any post office— 
(1) that has been determined to be necessary 
for closing or consolidation under section 404(d) of 
title 39, United States Code; or 
(2) that is included in a proposal— 
(A) to change the nature of postal services 
on a nationwide or substantially nationwide 
basis; and 
(B) for which the Postal Service has re-
quested an advisory opinion from the Postal 
Regulatory Commission pursuant to section 
3661(b) of such title. 
Æ 
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