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<dc:title>118 S4464 IS: Postal Processing Protection Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-06-05</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4464</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240605">June 5, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S381">Mr. Rounds</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S253">Mr. Durbin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S395">Mrs. Hyde-Smith</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S311">Ms. Klobuchar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S318">Mr. Wicker</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S359">Mr. Heinrich</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S398">Mr. Cramer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S394">Ms. Smith</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>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><section id="S1" 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="ida4f183d527a846c6af6f4c74c8ee804f"><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="id8a477e09e4df4e4c852a4486c72ea126"><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="id9c80cb4882d8475cbd49810802286f52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22278b4464c34351b36241c6169bf6d8"><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="id76451f80de4a477f8722484897ae31f8"><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="id53a805656759487cb13c12ea2e45cf83"><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="id128fbb71818f4d73b21539817e955983"><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="idc4bc3129c1024fd8acad0510f19db177"><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> 

