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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1065
To facilitate the implementation of security measures undertaken by the
United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY6, 2025
Mr. F
ITZPATRICK(for himself and Mr. LANDSMAN) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To facilitate the implementation of security measures under-
taken by the United States Postal Service, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Letter 4
Carriers Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 6
It is the sense of the Congress that— 7
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(1) United States Postal Service letter carriers 1
must be protected from acts of violence; and 2
(2) the Attorney General should vigorously 3
prosecute any case of assault against a postal em-4
ployee. 5
SEC. 3. FUNDS TO UPGRADE COLLECTION BOXES. 6
There is authorized to be appropriated 7
$1,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 8
2030 to the United States Postal Service to carry out, as 9
determined by the United States Postal Service— 10
(1) the installation of high security collection 11
boxes; and 12
(2) the replacement of older versions of the uni-13
versal mailbox key, also known as the arrow key, 14
with electronic versions. 15
SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES 16
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERV-17
ICE. 18
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 542 of title 28, United 19
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
lowing: 21
‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with 22
the United States attorney for the district, appoint in each 23
judicial district an assistant United States attorney with 24
principal responsibility in the district to coordinate and 25
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supervise the investigation and prosecution of alleged of-1
fenses committed— 2
‘‘(1) in violation of chapter 83 of title 18; 3
‘‘(2) in violation of sections 2115, 2116, or 4
2117 of title 18; or 5
‘‘(3) against a carrier or person entrusted with 6
the mail and having custody thereof, in violation of 7
section 111 of title 18.’’. 8
(b) D
EADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE.—The Attorney 9
General shall comply with section 542(c) of title 28, 10
United States Code, not later than 1 year after the date 11
of the enactment of this Act. 12
SEC. 5. SENTENCING GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO ROB-13
BERY AGAINST A POSTAL EMPLOYEE. 14
Not later than May 1 following the first year that 15
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16
United States Sentencing Commission shall amend the 17
sentencing guidelines and policy statements promulgated 18
under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, to pro-19
vide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee, in-20
cluding conduct committed during the immediate flight 21
after the commission of such an assault or robbery if the 22
conduct creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury, 23
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shall be treated in the same manner as the assault of a 1
law enforcement officer. 2
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