[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1249

To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes 
  that will affect nationwide postal services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2025

   Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes 
  that will affect nationwide postal services, 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 ``Instituting Notification Formalities 
On Reorganizing Mail Act of 2025'' or the ``INFORM Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICES RELATING TO CHANGES IN NATURE OF POSTAL 
              SERVICES.

    Section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``In General.--The'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Change in Nature of Postal 
                Services.--'' before ``When''; and
                    (B) by striking ``When'' and all that follows, and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--When the Postal Service determines that 
        there should be a change in the nature of postal services which 
        will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially 
        nationwide basis, it shall--
                    ``(A) submit a proposed change, within a reasonable 
                time prior to the effective date of the change, to the 
                Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory 
                opinion on the change; and
                    ``(B) on the date such proposed change is submitted 
                to the Postal Regulatory Commission, post a notice of 
                the change within affected storefront postal 
                facilities, to remain posted for no fewer than 30 days 
                after the change has gone into effect, and such notice 
                shall include--
                            ``(i) relevant details of the change;
                            ``(ii) associated timelines related to the 
                        implementation of the change;
                            ``(iii) anticipated impacts on nationwide 
                        postal services;
                            ``(iv) details of any public meetings and 
                        opportunities for public comment;
                            ``(v) contact information for public 
                        comment; and
                            ``(vi) other helpful resources as deemed 
                        necessary by the Postal Service.'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (2) of 
        subsection (b); and
            (4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) (as so 
        redesignated)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Hearing and opinion of 
                commission.--'' before ``The Commission''; and
                    (B) by striking ``proposal'' and inserting 
                ``proposed change''.
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