[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4160 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4160

   To 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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2024

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Barrasso, and Mrs. Shaheen) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal 
  Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Operations Stay Timely and 
Local Act'' or the ``POSTAL Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING POSTAL SERVICE 
              PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN STATES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Processing and distribution center.--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.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means a State or the 
        District of Columbia.
    (b) 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 or would negatively impact mail delivery.
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