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Feb 20, 2025
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Feb 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Feb 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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| Code: 10000
Feb 20, 2025
Subjects (4)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government Operations and Politics
(Policy Area)
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
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Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025
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(D-VT)
Feb 20, 2025
Feb 20, 2025
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Feb 20, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 17, 2025 2:11 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 661 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 661
To require the United States Postal Service to apply certain
requirements when closing a processing, shipping, delivery, or other
facility supporting a post office.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Welch)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
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]
[S. 661 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 661
To require the United States Postal Service to apply certain
requirements when closing a processing, shipping, delivery, or other
facility supporting a post office.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Welch)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
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,''.
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(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,''.
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