# 119-s-1065: INFORM Act of 2025

119-s-1065, INFORM Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1065
- As of: 2025-12-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1065
- Congress: 119
- Title: INFORM Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Requires public notice and a Postal Regulatory Commission advisory opinion before any postal service change that affects service nationwide or substantially nationwide.** The bill would force the Postal Service to publish clear details, timelines, contact info, and public meeting opportunities in affected storefronts and to seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission before those broad changes take effect. - Families and mail-dependent households would get formal chances to comment and attend public meetings about major service changes. This gives communities a clearer voice in decisions that affect delivery and access. - Postal workers would receive clearer timelines and published details about planned changes, helping local managers plan staffing and routes during transitions. - Postal Service leadership would face a new administrative step of submitting a proposed change to the Postal Regulatory Commission and posting required notices in affected facilities. - The Postal Regulatory Commission would have a formalized “hearing and opinion” role for nationwide or substantially nationwide changes, creating an official advisory checkpoint and public record.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- U.S. Postal Service nationwide notice rule: benefit, medium. This bill would require the U.S. Postal Service to tell the Postal Regulatory Commission before any change it believes will generally affect service nationwide or substantially nationwide. On the day the Postal Service submits that proposed change, it would also have to post a notice inside affecte…

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- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2287: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1065 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1065)

## Related
- [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-2287: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2287)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-526)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1065 (as of 2025-12-21).