119-hr287

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 287 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 287

 To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to require the 
 Postal Service to use a mobile retail unit to provide retail postal 
 services to an area when the post office for such area is temporarily 
 unable to provide such services, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. LaLota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 A BILL

 To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to require the 
 Postal Service to use a mobile retail unit to provide retail postal 
 services to an area when the post office for such area is temporarily 
 unable to provide such 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 ``Mobile Post Office Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE RETAIL UNITS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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Sec. 417. Deployment of mobile retail units
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    (a) In General.--Not later than three business days after the 
date on which a postal retail facility becomes a covered postal retail 
facility, the Postal Service shall station in the geographic area 
served by the covered postal retail facility a vehicle or mobile 
facility of the Postal Service that shall provide the services 
described in subsection

    (b) to the extent that the covered postal 
retail facility provided such services immediately before temporarily 
ceasing to provide retail postal services.
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    (b) Retail Postal Services.--The services described in this 
subsection are the following services not available from the covered 
postal retail facility:
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    (1) Retail postal services, including the sale of boxes 
 and other packaging material sold by the Postal Service.
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    (2) A means for holders of post office boxes at the 
 covered postal facility to receive mail sent to the post office 
 box of such holder.
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    (3) Providing, accepting, and processing forms necessary 
 for persons to request a change of mailing address or a 
 temporary halt to the delivery of mail to such person.
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            (c) Duration.--For each covered postal retail facility, the 
Postal Service shall provide the services required under subsection

    (a) using a vehicle or mobile facility of the Postal Service until the 
covered postal retail facility ceases to be a covered postal retail 
facility.
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            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this Act:
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    (1) Covered postal retail facility.--The term `covered 
 postal retail facility' means a postal retail facility that--
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        (A) is located not less than half a mile away 
 from all other postal retail facilities;
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        (B) is temporarily not providing retail postal 
 services;
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            (C) has not provided such services in the 
 immediately preceding 60-day period; and
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            (D) in the case of a postal retail facility 
 operated by a contractor, the contractor ceased 
 providing such services at such facility prior to the 
 expiration or termination by the Postal Service of the 
 contract or other agreement under which the contractor 
 was providing such services at such facility.
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    (2) Postal retail facility.--The term `postal retail 
 facility' means a facility, other than a mobile facility--
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        (A) of the Postal Service providing retail postal 
 services: or
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        (B) operated by a contractor, at which the 
 contractor provides retail postal services under a 
 contract or other agreement with the Postal Service.''.

    (b) Applicability.--

    (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph

    (2) , 
 

section 417 of title 39, United States Code, shall apply with 
 respect to each postal retail facility that, as of the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, is a covered postal retail facility 
 in the same manner as if such postal retail facility became a 
 covered postal retail facility immediately after the enactment 
 of this Act.

    (2) Deadline.--For the purposes of applying 

section 417 of 
 title 39, United States Code, to a covered postal retail 
 facility under paragraph

    (1) , the Postal Service shall be 
 deemed to comply with subsection

    (a) of such section if, not 
 later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
 the Postal Service stations in the geographic area served by 
 the covered postal retail facility a vehicle or mobile facility 
 of the Postal Service providing the services required under 
 such subsection.

    (3) Covered postal retail facility; postal retail 
 facility.--In this subsection, the terms ``covered postal 
 retail facility'' and ``postal retail facility'' have the 
 meanings given such terms in 

section 417
            (d) of title 39, United 
 States Code.
            (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 4 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``417. Deployment of mobile retail units.''.
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