Postal Alert and Weather Preparedness Act

Postal weather and mail alerts for customers

This bill would require the Postmaster General to finish a feasibility study within one year of enactment on using Informed Delivery to send electronic alerts about weather and mail delivery. The study would evaluate sending notices about mail delays, post office closures or limited hours and staffing, and guidance for clearing walkways and mailboxes in snow, ice, or debris. It would also evaluate how to expand enrollment, what messages say, who gets them, and how messages are sent. The bill would define contact information as name, mailing address, email, or phone number. On or after the date the study report is sent to the House Oversight and the Senate Homeland Security committees, the Postal Service would be allowed to run the program. The bill would let the Postal Service act notwithstanding the Privacy Act, and it does not appropriate new funds.