Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5416 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5416

To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures used by 
 the United States Postal Service for the closure or consolidation of 
             contract postal units, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2025

  Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mrvan, and Ms. Salinas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures used by 
 the United States Postal Service for the closure or consolidation of 
             contract postal units, 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 ``Contract Postal Unit Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURES TO CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE CONTRACT 
              POSTAL UNITS.

    Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f)(1) With respect to the closure or consolidation of any 
contract postal unit on or after the date that is 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act, the 
Postal Service shall--
            ``(A) publish, on the Postal Service's public website, a 
        report on expected impacts the closure or consolidation will 
        have on customers and what steps the Postal Service will take 
        to ensure continued access to postal services in affected 
        areas;
            ``(B) submit a report to Congress on the reasons for 
        closing or consolidating the contract postal unit;
            ``(C) hold a public hearing on the closure or 
        consolidation, which may be attended in-person or virtually by 
        any members of the public affected by the closure or 
        consolidation; and
            ``(D) not later than 7 days after the hearing under 
        subparagraph (C), publish, on the Postal Service's public 
        website, a summary of the hearing and include in such summary a 
        description of any comments made or otherwise submitted at such 
        hearing and the percentage of such comments that were in 
        support or against the closure or consolidation.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a contract 
postal unit may not be closed or consolidated until on or after the 
date that is 180 days after the date the summary is published under 
paragraph (1)(D).''.
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