119-hr758

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 758 Referred in Senate

    (RFS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 758

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 4, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
 and Governmental Affairs

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 AN ACT

 To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations 
 requiring Postal Service employees and contractors to report to the 
 Postal Service traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail that 
 result in injury or death, 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 ``Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND INJURIES INVOLVING 
 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING MAIL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Postmaster General of the Postal Service shall issue 
regulations to require the collection, tracking, and public reporting 
of information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic 
crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations shall 
establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance with 
the reporting requirements of this Act and may utilize existing 
reporting mechanisms in use at the time of enactment of this Act.

    (b) Reports on Crashes.--

    (1) Employees.--Any employee of the Postal Service engaged 
 in the transportation of mail shall report to the Postal 
 Service any traffic crash involving the vehicle the employee 
 was operating during such transportation that resulted in 
 injury or death not later than three days after such crash.

    (2) Contractors.--Any contractor (of any tier) of the 
 Postal Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall 
 report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involving the 
 vehicle the contractor was operating during such transportation 
 that resulted in injury or death not later than three days 
 after such crash.

    (3) Contents.--Any report submitted under paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) shall include detailed information describing, at a 
 minimum, the crash, including the date, time, location, nature 
 of the crash, information identifying the contractor, number of 
 injuries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the 
 crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may be) shall 
 update the report, in such form and manner as the Postal 
 Service deems appropriate, to reflect any change in crash-
 caused injuries or fatalities.

    (4) Accommodations in event of injury.--The Postal Service 
 shall provide for procedures under which reports may be 
 submitted under this subsection under an alternative deadline 
 in the event a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable 
 to submit a report due to serious injury resulting from the 
 applicable crash.

    (5) Standard form.--The Postmaster General shall create a 
 standard form available to Postal Service employees and 
 contractors for the purposes of submitting reports under this 
 subsection.
            (c) Database.--

    (1) In general.--The Postal Service shall maintain a 
 continuously updated internal digital database that includes 
 comprehensive information related to deaths and injuries from 
 traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.

    (2) Contents.--The database shall include any information 
 provided by Postal Service employees and contractors under 
 subsection

    (b) .
            (d) Report.--

    (1) In general.--The Postal Service shall make available to 
 the public an annual report summarizing information related to 
 deaths and injuries from traffic crashes involving vehicles 
 transporting mail.

    (2) Contents.--The report shall include aggregated 
 statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance transparency and 
 accountability.

    (3) Privacy.--Information in the report shall be made 
 available to the public in a manner that does not personally 
 identify any Postal Service employee, contractor, or any other 
 individual.

    (e) Penalties.--Any Postal Service contractor who fails to report a 
traffic crash within the deadline prescribed under subsection

    (b) shall 
be subject to appropriate penalties as determined appropriate by the 
Postal Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or 
termination of contracts. The Postal Service may take into account the 
severity of the applicable traffic crash and the frequency of 
noncompliance with the requirements of this Act by the applicable 
Postal Service contractor when determining which penalty to apply (if 
any).

    (f) Crash Defined.--In this Act, the term ``crash''--

    (1) means an occurrence involving a commercial motor 
 vehicle operating on a highway in interstate or intrastate 
 commerce which results in--
        (A) a fatality;
        (B) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of 
 the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away 
 from the scene of the accident; or
            (C) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling 
 damage as a result of the accident, requiring at least 
 one of the motor vehicle to be transported away from 
 the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle; and

    (2) does not include--
        (A) an occurrence involving only boarding and 
 alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or
        (B) an occurrence involving only the loading or 
 unloading of cargo.

 Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.