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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 287 
To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to require the Postal 
Service to use a mobile retail unit to provide retail postal services 
to an area when the post office for such area is temporarily unable 
to provide such services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Mr. LALOTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to 
require the Postal Service to use a mobile retail unit 
to provide retail postal services to an area when the 
post office for such area is temporarily unable to provide 
such services, 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 ‘‘Mobile Post Office Re-
lief Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE RETAIL UNITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 417. Deployment of mobile retail units 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three business 
days after the date on which a postal retail facility be-
comes a covered postal retail facility, the Postal Service 
shall station in the geographic area served by the covered 
postal retail facility a vehicle or mobile facility of the Post-
al Service that shall provide the services described in sub-
section (b) to the extent that the covered postal retail facil-
ity provided such services immediately before temporarily 
ceasing to provide retail postal services. 
‘‘(b) RETAIL POSTAL SERVICES.—The services de-
scribed in this subsection are the following services not 
available from the covered postal retail facility: 
‘‘(1) Retail postal services, including the sale of 
boxes and other packaging material sold by the 
Postal Service. 
‘‘(2) A means for holders of post office boxes at 
the covered postal facility to receive mail sent to the 
post office box of such holder. 
‘‘(3) Providing, accepting, and processing forms 
necessary for persons to request a change of mailing 
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address or a temporary halt to the delivery of mail 
to such person. 
‘‘(c) DURATION.—For each covered postal retail facil-
ity, the Postal Service shall provide the services required 
under subsection (a) using a vehicle or mobile facility of 
the Postal Service until the covered postal retail facility 
ceases to be a covered postal retail facility. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) COVERED POSTAL RETAIL FACILITY.—The 
term ‘covered postal retail facility’ means a postal 
retail facility that— 
‘‘(A) is located not less than half a mile 
away from all other postal retail facilities; 
‘‘(B) is temporarily not providing retail 
postal services; 
‘‘(C) has not provided such services in the 
immediately preceding 60-day period; and 
‘‘(D) in the case of a postal retail facility 
operated by a contractor, the contractor ceased 
providing such services at such facility prior to 
the expiration or termination by the Postal 
Service of the contract or other agreement 
under which the contractor was providing such 
services at such facility. 
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‘‘(2) POSTAL
RETAIL
FACILITY.—The term 
‘postal retail facility’ means a facility, other than a 
mobile facility— 
‘‘(A) of the Postal Service providing retail 
postal services: or 
‘‘(B) operated by a contractor, at which 
the contractor provides retail postal services 
under a contract or other agreement with the 
Postal Service.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), section 417 of title 39, United States 
Code, shall apply with respect to each postal retail 
facility that, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is a covered postal retail facility in the same 
manner as if such postal retail facility became a cov-
ered postal retail facility immediately after the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) DEADLINE.—For the purposes of applying 
section 417 of title 39, United States Code, to a cov-
ered postal retail facility under paragraph (1), the 
Postal Service shall be deemed to comply with sub-
section (a) of such section if, not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Post-
al Service stations in the geographic area served by 
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