Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Fitzpatrick
Introduced
Summary
Heightened protections for U.S. Postal Service letter carriers. This bill would fund security upgrades, push federal prosecutors to prioritize assaults on postal employees, and align sentencing for those attacks with rules for assaults on law enforcement.
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- Postal workers would get new security gear and safer collection points via high-security collection boxes and electronic mailbox keys funded at $1.4 billion per year for FY2026–2030.
- The Attorney General would be directed to vigorously prosecute assaults on postal employees and to appoint an Assistant U.S. Attorney in every federal judicial district to coordinate those cases not later than one year after enactment.
- The U.S. Sentencing Commission would be required to amend guidelines so assaults or robberies against postal employees are treated like assaults on law enforcement, with guideline changes due by May 1 following the first year after enactment.
*This bill would authorize $1.4 billion per year for FY2026–2030, totaling $7.0 billion in authorized federal spending.*
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Funding for secure USPS boxes and keys
This bill would authorize about $1.4 billion each year for fiscal years 2026–2030 for USPS. USPS would be able to install high-security public collection boxes. USPS could also replace old universal mailbox keys with electronic keys. USPS would decide how to use the funds within these purposes. These upgrades would aim to protect mail for homes and small businesses.
Stronger prosecution and penalties for postal assaults
The Attorney General would need to appoint a dedicated federal prosecutor in every judicial district to coordinate mail-related crime cases. This would have to happen within one year after enactment. The U.S. Sentencing Commission would update guidelines so assault or robbery of a postal worker is treated like assault of a law enforcement officer. This includes conduct during immediate flight that creates a substantial risk of serious injury. The Commission would need to finish by May 1 following the first year after enactment.
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Fitzpatrick
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Landsman
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Norcross
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Reschenthaler
PA • R
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Ryan
NY • D
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McBride
DE • D
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Goldman (NY)
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Garbarino
NY • R
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Pappas
NH • D
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McCollum
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Foster
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Craig
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Lawler
NY • R
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Mrvan
IN • D
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Kennedy (NY)
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Kim
CA • R
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