Introduced:
Feb 21, 2025
Policy Area:
Government Operations and Politics
Congress.gov:
Bill Statistics
3
Actions
3
Cosponsors
0
Summaries
4
Subjects
1
Text Versions
Yes
Full Text
AI Summary
AI Summary
No AI Summary Available
Click the button above to generate an AI-powered summary of this bill using Claude.
The summary will analyze the bill's key provisions, impact, and implementation details.
Error generating summary
Latest Action
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 21, 2025
Subjects (4)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government Operations and Politics
(Policy Area)
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
Cosponsors (3)
(D-NC)
Aug 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025
(D-VA)
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
(D-MO)
Feb 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025
Full Bill Text
Length: 2,980 characters
Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Feb 21, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:09 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1473 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1473
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1473 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1473
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Processing Protection Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 404
(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph
(1) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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'';
(2) in paragraph
(2) --
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) , by
striking ``a post office'' and inserting ``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''; and
(B) in subparagraph
(A)
(iii) , by striking ``post
offices'' and inserting ``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,'';
(3) in paragraph
(3) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,'';
(4) in paragraph
(4) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,''; and
(5) in paragraph
(5) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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,''.
(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph
(1) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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'';
(2) in paragraph
(2) --
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) , by
striking ``a post office'' and inserting ``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''; and
(B) in subparagraph
(A)
(iii) , by striking ``post
offices'' and inserting ``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,'';
(3) in paragraph
(3) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,'';
(4) in paragraph
(4) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,''; and
(5) in paragraph
(5) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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,''.
<all>
(1) in paragraph
(1) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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'';
(2) in paragraph
(2) --
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) , by
striking ``a post office'' and inserting ``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''; and
(B) in subparagraph
(A)
(iii) , by striking ``post
offices'' and inserting ``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,'';
(3) in paragraph
(3) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,'';
(4) in paragraph
(4) , by striking ``a post office'' and
inserting ``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,''; and
(5) in paragraph
(5) , by striking ``any post office'' and
inserting ``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,''.
<all>