118 HR 8045 IH: Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-04-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8045IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 17, 2024Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityA BILLTo limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act or the POSTAL Act.

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Limitation on closing or consolidating Postal Service processing and distribution centers in States

(a)

In general

The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to any processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in no such center being located in that State or negatively impact mail delivery.(b)

Definitions

In this section—(1)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; and(2)the term State means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.