[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3294]
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  SA 6085. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Lummis, and Ms. Hassan) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POSTAL OPERATIONS STAY TIMELY AND LOCAL ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Postal 
     Operations Stay Timely and Local Act'' or the ``POSTAL Act''.
       (b) Limitation on Closing or Consolidating Postal Service 
     Processing and Distribution Centers in States.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Processing and distribution center.--The term 
     ``processing and distribution center'' means a central mail 
     facility that--
       (i) distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming 
     mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
       (ii) provides instructions on the preparation of collection 
     mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to 
     mailers; and
       (iii) is a sectional center facility, a general mail 
     facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a 
     station or branch.
       (B) State.--The term ``State'' means a State or the 
     District of Columbia.
       (2) 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.
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