# 119-hr-1310: POSTAL Act

119-hr-1310, POSTAL Act, 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).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1310
- Congress: 119
- Title: POSTAL Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep one mail processing center per state: benefit, high. 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 cent…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2103: Protect Postal Performance Act
- 119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250

## Sources
- [119-hr-1310 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1310)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2103: Protect Postal Performance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2103)
- [119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3330)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1310 (as of 2026-04-21).