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<dc:title>118 HR 8730 IH: Postal Processing Protection Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-06-13</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8730</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240613">June 13, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="H001096">Ms. Hageman</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="C001061">Mr. Cleaver</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Committee on Oversight and Accountability</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To require the United States Postal Service to apply certain requirements when closing a processing, shipping, delivery, or other facility supporting a post office, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HF7EF745DCEA94D4584FCC60FCCC2AE7A" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H4B58F2E977E445CB96125AA3CD92B001" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Postal Processing Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H97AB7C6144924B73B1F38C447014400F"><enum>2.</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2813B2CC14904D718169D493F55EAF37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>any post office</quote> and inserting <quote>any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EBE8E3374A04BC3B224C383D32168CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DE14983BC2840B4BC5710B90F5945E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a post office</quote> and inserting <quote>a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73FB502371654A2291E5ED027FF97573"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>post offices</quote> and inserting <quote>post offices, or acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facilities that are owned or operated by the Postal Service that support 1 or more post offices,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0FB1CCBB9D14BB3A19165FD6CF22986"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>a post office</quote> and inserting <quote>a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F4972A2EF7D4A158E02793D4348E144"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>a post office</quote> and inserting <quote>a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD150B4E0FA01467B9903600999D6C19F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>any post office</quote> and inserting <quote>any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> </legis-body></bill>

