Postal Processing Protection Act

Bill: 119-s-661
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2025-02-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 661 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 20, 2025 Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Wicker , and Mr. Welch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the United States Postal Service to apply certain requirements when closing a processing, shipping, delivery, or other facility supporting a post office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Postal Processing Protection Act . 2. Postal processing protection Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking any post office and inserting any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices ; and (B) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking post offices and inserting post offices, or acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facilities that are owned or operated by the Postal Service that support 1 or more post offices, ; (3) in paragraph (3), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices, ; (4) in paragraph (4), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices, ; and (5) in paragraph (5), by striking any post office and inserting any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices, .