Easy Access to Mail Act
Sponsored By: Representative Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would protect home mail delivery by limiting the Postal Service's ability to switch single-family homes and townhouses to centralized delivery. It would bar switching existing neighborhoods to clustered mailboxes and require local legislative approval plus public notice and comment before centralized delivery is required for new developments.
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- Homeowners: People living in single-family homes and townhouses would keep their current primary mail delivery method. Apartments and condominium buildings are not covered.
- New housing and builders: The Postal Service could not require centralized delivery for developments built after enactment without approval from the local legislative body or, if none exists, the state legislature.
- Local officials and postmasters: If approval is granted the local postmaster must give at least 60 days written notice to local governments and planning commissions and provide a 60-day public comment period for residents, property owners, and home builders.
- Vulnerable communities: The Postal Regulatory Commission must ensure no Postal Service policy in effect at enactment causes a disproportionate negative effect on rural, lower-income, elderly, disabled, or predominantly minority communities.
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Protect rural, elderly, and low-income mail service
If enacted, the Postal Regulatory Commission would ensure the Postal Service does not change any policy in effect on the date of enactment if that change would disproportionately harm certain communities. Covered communities include rural areas, low-income people, seniors, people with disabilities, and mostly minority neighborhoods. This would aim to prevent Postal Service actions that make mail service worse for those groups.
Protect homeowners from centralized mailboxes
If enacted, the Postal Service would be blocked from forcing centralized mailboxes for single-family homes and townhouses. For developments built after enactment, requiring centralized delivery would need prior approval from the local legislative body, or the state legislature if no local body exists. If approval is given, the local postmaster would have to notify other local governments and planning commissions at least 60 days before starting centralized delivery and allow 60 days for public comment from residents, property owners, and home builders. The Postal Service would also be prohibited from changing a development's delivery to centralized if that development's primary delivery on the date of enactment was not centralized.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
TN • R
Sponsored 6/18/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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