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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1249 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes |
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| 6 | 6 | | that will affect nationwide postal services, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY12, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AGEMAN(for herself and Mr. GOLDENof Maine) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ernment Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the United States Postal Service to post notices |
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| 15 | 15 | | of changes that will affect nationwide postal services, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Instituting Notification 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Formalities On Reorganizing Mail Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ‘‘INFORM Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1249 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICES RELATING TO CHANGES IN 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | NATURE OF POSTAL SERVICES. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, is 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended— 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | serting ‘‘I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—The’’; 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘C |
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| 35 | 35 | | HANGE INNATURE OF 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | P |
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| 37 | 37 | | OSTALSERVICES.—’’ before ‘‘When’’; and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) by striking ‘‘When’’ and all that fol-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lows, and inserting the following: 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | N GENERAL.—When the Postal Service 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | determines that there should be a change in the na-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ture of postal services which will generally affect 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | basis, it shall— 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(A) submit a proposed change, within a 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | reasonable time prior to the effective date of 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the change, to the Postal Regulatory Commis-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | sion requesting an advisory opinion on the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | change; and 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) on the date such proposed change is 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commis-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | sion, post a notice of the change within affected 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | storefront postal facilities, to remain posted for 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 1249 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | no fewer than 30 days after the change has 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | gone into effect, and such notice shall include— 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(i) relevant details of the change; 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(ii) associated timelines related to 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the implementation of the change; 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(iii) anticipated impacts on nation-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | wide postal services; 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(iv) details of any public meetings 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | and opportunities for public comment; 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(v) contact information for public 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | comment; and 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(vi) other helpful resources as 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | deemed necessary by the Postal Service.’’; 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as para-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | graph (2) of subsection (b); and 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) (as so re-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | designated)— 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘H |
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| 76 | 76 | | EARING AND OPINION 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | OF COMMISSION.—’’ before ‘‘The Commission’’; 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | and 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (B) by striking ‘‘proposal’’ and inserting 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘proposed change’’. 22 |
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