I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8795 
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service 
processing and distribution center if the United States Postal Service 
has failed to meet certain conditions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2024 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States 
Postal Service processing and distribution center if the 
United States Postal Service has failed to meet certain 
conditions, 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 ‘‘Protect Our Mail Act 
of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING 
PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) POSTAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Postal Serv-
ice’’ means the United States Postal Service. 
(2) PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER.— 
The term ‘‘processing and distribution center’’ 
means a facility of the United States Postal Service 
that processes, distributes, and dispatches, part or 
all of both originating and destinating volumes of 
mail for a designated service area. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
or the District of Columbia. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Postal Service may not pro-
ceed on any decision to close, consolidate, downgrade, or 
take any other similar action with respect to a processing 
and distribution center in a State— 
(1) if— 
(A) at any time during the calendar year 
immediately preceding the action, a processing 
and distribution center located within any Post-
al Service area in the State failed to meet the 
targets described in the fiscal year 2023 per-
formance plan of the Postal Service of— 
(i) not less than 93 percent on-time 
delivery performance for 2-day single first- 
class mail, as measured by the service 
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standards in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(ii) not less than 90.3 percent on-time 
delivery performance for 3- to 5-day first- 
class mail, as measured by the service 
standards in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(B) such action would result in there being 
no processing and distribution center located— 
(i) in the State; or 
(ii) within 125 miles of the processing 
and distribution center subject to such ac-
tion; and 
(2) unless— 
(A) the Postal Service has submitted a 
proposal relating to such action to the Postal 
Regulatory Commission using the procedures 
described in section 3661(b) of title 39, United 
States Code, and provided the Postal Regu-
latory Commission any information and records 
necessary to issue an opinion on the proposal, 
including any access to Postal Service facilities; 
(B) the Postal Regulatory Commission has 
issued an opinion on the proposal under sub-
paragraph (A) using the procedures described 
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in section 3661(c) of title 39, United States 
Code, within 180 business days of submission of 
the proposal, that— 
(i) includes a comprehensive review of 
geographical 
considerations, 
including 
mountain passes, and the impact of those 
considerations on the effects of the pro-
posal on local mail delivery within the 
State; and 
(ii) finds that the proposal would not 
negatively impact service standards and 
performance measures for mail originating 
and destinating within the State; and 
(C) the deadline for appeals described in 
subsection (c) has passed and the Postal Regu-
latory Commission has heard all appeals under 
that subsection and all such appeals are unsuc-
cessful. 
(c) AFFECTED CUSTOMER RIGHT TO APPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person regularly served 
by a processing and distribution center subject to 
closure, consolidation, downgrading, or any other 
similar action shall have the right to appeal to the 
Postal Regulatory Commission a decision described 
in subsection (b). 
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(2) DEADLINE.—Any appeal under paragraph 
(1) shall be filed not later than the later of— 
(A) 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act; or 
(B) 180 days after the date of a decision 
described in subsection (b). 
(3) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 7 days 
after the date of a decision described in subsection 
(b), the Postal Service shall publicly and conspicu-
ously display on the website of the Postal Service 
and at the facility impacted by such decision infor-
mation relating to the right to appeal under para-
graph (1) and the process to file such appeal. 
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