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119-hr-1310119th CongressWALLET

POSTAL Act

Sponsored By: Representative Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]

Introduced

Summary

Keeps at least one USPS processing and distribution center in every State. This bill would block the United States Postal Service from closing, consolidating, downgrading, or taking similar actions that would leave a State without any processing and distribution center. It defines those centers as central mail facilities that handle incoming and outgoing mail, give mailers dispatch schedules and sorting instructions, and include sectional center facilities, general mail facilities, and dedicated mail processing facilities without a station or branch.

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  • Families and communities: Maintains a local mail processing point in each State, which could help preserve local sorting and dispatch links that affect how quickly mail moves within the State.
  • USPS operations: Restricts the Postal Service's ability to eliminate a State's last processing center, limiting consolidation options across States.
  • Mailers and businesses: Keeps access to local preparation rules, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan guidance tied to a nearby processing center.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Keep one mail processing center per state

The bill would bar the Postal Service from closing, merging, or downgrading a center if that leaves a State with none. It would cover all 50 States and the District of Columbia. A covered center handles incoming and outgoing mail, gives mailers sorting and dispatch guidance, and is a sectional center, general mail facility, or a dedicated processing site without a station or branch. The rule would take effect upon enactment. This could help keep at least one major mail center in every State.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]

WY • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 2/13/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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