119 HR 1310 IH: Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-13 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1310IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 13, 2025Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government ReformA 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.(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.