February 13, 2025
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Barrasso, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act
or the POSTAL Act
.
Sec. 2. Limitation on closing or consolidating Postal Service processing and distribution centers in States
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Processing and distribution center
The term processing and distribution center means a central mail facility that—
(A)
distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
(B)
provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and
(C)
is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch.
(2) State
The term State means a State or the District of Columbia.
(b) Limitation
The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State.