# 119-hr-1249: INFORM Act of 2025

119-hr-1249, INFORM Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1249
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1249
- Congress: 119
- Title: INFORM Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a formal public-notice and advisory-opinion process for major nationwide postal service changes.** The bill would require the Postal Service to ask the Postal Regulatory Commission for an advisory opinion before making changes that generally affect service nationwide and to post detailed notices in affected storefronts. - Postal Service: Would have to submit any change that generally affects nationwide service to the Postal Regulatory Commission for an advisory opinion before the change's effective date and post notice on the day of submission. - Customers and communities: Notices in affected storefront postal facilities must remain posted for at least 30 days after the change takes effect and must include details, timelines, anticipated impacts, public meeting info, and contact information. - Postal Regulatory Commission: The bill reorganizes 39 U.S.C. §3661 to add a formal hearing and advisory-opinion requirement and updates wording to refer to a "proposed change" rather than a "proposal".

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Early notice for Postal Service changes: benefit, high. If enacted, the Postal Service would have to ask the Postal Regulatory Commission for an advisory opinion before any change that affects service nationwide or substantially nationwide. It would file the plan a reasonable time before the change takes effect. On the filing day, it would post notices…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-1970: Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1249 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1249)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-1970: Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1970)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1249 (as of 2026-04-21).