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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 758
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations requiring
	6	+	Postal Service employees and contractors to report to the Postal Service
	7	+	traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or
	8	+	death, and for other purposes.
	9	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	10	+	JANUARY28, 2025
	11	+	Mr. C
	12	+	ONNOLLY(for himself and Mr. COMER) introduced the following bill;
	13	+	which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
	14	+	A BILL
5	15		To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regula-
6	16		tions requiring Postal Service employees and contractors
7	17		to report to the Postal Service traffic crashes involving
8	18		vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or death,
9	19		and for other purposes.
10	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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13		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mail Traffic Deaths 2
15		-	Reporting Act of 2025’’. 3
16		-	SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND IN-4
17		-	JURIES INVOLVING VEHICLES TRANS-5
18		-	PORTING MAIL. 6
	21	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	22	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	23	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mail Traffic Deaths 4
	24	+	Reporting Act of 2025’’. 5
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	28	+	SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND IN-1
	29	+	JURIES INVOLVING VEHICLES TRANS-2
	30	+	PORTING MAIL. 3
19	31		(a) I
20		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 7
21		-	date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General of 8
22		-	the Postal Service shall issue regulations to require the 9
23		-	collection, tracking, and public reporting of information 10
24		-	related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crash-11
25		-	es involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations 12
26		-	shall establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and en-13
27		-	force compliance with the reporting requirements of this 14
28		-	Act and may utilize existing reporting mechanisms in use 15
29		-	at the time of enactment of this Act. 16
	32	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 4
	33	+	date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General of 5
	34	+	the Postal Service shall issue regulations to require the 6
	35	+	collection, tracking, and public reporting of information 7
	36	+	related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crash-8
	37	+	es involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations 9
	38	+	shall establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and en-10
	39	+	force compliance with the reporting requirements of this 11
	40	+	Act and may utilize existing reporting mechanisms in use 12
	41	+	at the time of enactment of this Act. 13
30	42		(b) R
31		-	EPORTS ONCRASHES.— 17
	43	+	EPORTS ONCRASHES.— 14
32	44		(1) E
33		-	MPLOYEES.—Any employee of the Postal 18
34		-	Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall 19
35		-	report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involv-20
36		-	ing the vehicle the employee was operating during 21
37		-	such transportation that resulted in injury or death 22
38		-	not later than three days after such crash. 23
	45	+	MPLOYEES.—Any employee of the Postal 15
	46	+	Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall 16
	47	+	report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involv-17
	48	+	ing the vehicle the employee was operating during 18
	49	+	such transportation that resulted in injury or death 19
	50	+	not later than three days after such crash. 20
39	51		(2) C
40		-	ONTRACTORS.—Any contractor (of any 24
41		-	tier) of the Postal Service engaged in the transpor-25
42		-	tation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any 26 3
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44		-	traffic crash involving the vehicle the contractor was 1
45		-	operating during such transportation that resulted 2
46		-	in injury or death not later than three days after 3
47		-	such crash. 4
	52	+	ONTRACTORS.—Any contractor (of any 21
	53	+	tier) of the Postal Service engaged in the transpor-22
	54	+	tation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any 23
	55	+	traffic crash involving the vehicle the contractor was 24
	56	+	operating during such transportation that resulted 25
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	60	+	in injury or death not later than three days after 1
	61	+	such crash. 2
48	62		(3) C
49		-	ONTENTS.—Any report submitted under 5
50		-	paragraph (1) or (2) shall include detailed informa-6
51		-	tion describing, at a minimum, the crash, including 7
52		-	the date, time, location, nature of the crash, infor-8
53		-	mation identifying the contractor, number of inju-9
54		-	ries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the 10
55		-	crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may 11
56		-	be) shall update the report, in such form and man-12
57		-	ner as the Postal Service deems appropriate, to re-13
58		-	flect any change in crash-caused injuries or fatali-14
59		-	ties. 15
	63	+	ONTENTS.—Any report submitted under 3
	64	+	paragraph (1) or (2) shall include detailed informa-4
	65	+	tion describing, at a minimum, the crash, including 5
	66	+	the date, time, location, nature of the crash, infor-6
	67	+	mation identifying the contractor, number of inju-7
	68	+	ries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the 8
	69	+	crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may 9
	70	+	be) shall update the report, in such form and man-10
	71	+	ner as the Postal Service deems appropriate, to re-11
	72	+	flect any change in crash-caused injuries or fatali-12
	73	+	ties. 13
60	74		(4) A
61		-	CCOMMODATIONS IN EVENT OF INJURY .— 16
62		-	The Postal Service shall provide for procedures 17
63		-	under which reports may be submitted under this 18
64		-	subsection under an alternative deadline in the event 19
65		-	a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable to 20
66		-	submit a report due to serious injury resulting from 21
67		-	the applicable crash. 22
	75	+	CCOMMODATIONS IN EVENT OF INJURY .— 14
	76	+	The Postal Service shall provide for procedures 15
	77	+	under which reports may be submitted under this 16
	78	+	subsection under an alternative deadline in the event 17
	79	+	a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable to 18
	80	+	submit a report due to serious injury resulting from 19
	81	+	the applicable crash. 20
68	82		(5) S
69		-	TANDARD FORM .—The Postmaster Gen-23
70		-	eral shall create a standard form available to Postal 24 4
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72		-	Service employees and contractors for the purposes 1
73		-	of submitting reports under this subsection. 2
	83	+	TANDARD FORM .—The Postmaster Gen-21
	84	+	eral shall create a standard form available to Postal 22
	85	+	Service employees and contractors for the purposes 23
	86	+	of submitting reports under this subsection. 24
74	87		(c) D
75		-	ATABASE.— 3
	88	+	ATABASE.— 25
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	92	+	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 1
	93	+	maintain a continuously updated internal digital 2
	94	+	database that includes comprehensive information 3
	95	+	related to deaths and injuries from traffic crashes 4
	96	+	involving vehicles transporting mail. 5
	97	+	(2) C
	98	+	ONTENTS.—The database shall include 6
	99	+	any information provided by Postal Service employ-7
	100	+	ees and contractors under subsection (b). 8
	101	+	(d) R
	102	+	EPORT.— 9
76	103		(1) I
77		-	N GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 4
78		-	~~maintain a continuously updated internal digital 5~~
79		-	~~database that includes comprehensive~~ information 6
80		-	~~related to deaths and injuries~~ from traffic crashes 7
81		-	~~involving vehicles transporting~~ mail. 8
	104	+	N GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 10
	105	+	make available to the public an annual report sum-11
	106	+	marizing information related to deaths and injuries 12
	107	+	from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting 13
	108	+	mail. 14
82	109		(2) C
83		-	ONTENTS.—The database shall include 9
84		-	any information provided by Postal Service employ-10
85		-	ees and contractors under subsection (b). 11
86		-	(d) R
87		-	EPORT.— 12
88		-	(1) I
89		-	N GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 13
90		-	make available to the public an annual report sum-14
91		-	marizing information related to deaths and injuries 15
92		-	from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting 16
93		-	mail. 17
94		-	(2) C
95		-	ONTENTS.—The report shall include ag-18
96		-	gregated statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance 19
97		-	transparency and accountability. 20
	110	+	ONTENTS.—The report shall include ag-15
	111	+	gregated statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance 16
	112	+	transparency and accountability. 17
98	113		(3) P
99		-	RIVACY.—Information in the report shall 21
100		-	be made available to the public in a manner that 22
101		-	does not personally identify any Postal Service em-23
102		-	ployee, contractor, or any other individual. 24 5
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104		-	(e) PENALTIES.—Any Postal Service contractor who 1
105		-	fails to report a traffic crash within the deadline pre-2
106		-	scribed under subsection (b) shall be subject to appro-3
107		-	priate penalties as determined appropriate by the Postal 4
108		-	Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or termi-5
109		-	nation of contracts. The Postal Service may take into ac-6
110		-	count the severity of the applicable traffic crash and the 7
111		-	frequency of noncompliance with the requirements of this 8
112		-	Act by the applicable Postal Service contractor when de-9
113		-	termining which penalty to apply (if any). 10
	114	+	RIVACY.—Information in the report shall 18
	115	+	be made available to the public in a manner that 19
	116	+	does not personally identify any Postal Service em-20
	117	+	ployee, contractor, or any other individual. 21
	118	+	(e) P
	119	+	ENALTIES.—Any Postal Service contractor who 22
	120	+	fails to report a traffic crash within the deadline pre-23
	121	+	scribed under subsection (b) shall be subject to appro-24
	122	+	priate penalties as determined appropriate by the Postal 25
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	126	+	Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or termi-1
	127	+	nation of contracts. The Postal Service may take into ac-2
	128	+	count the severity of the applicable traffic crash and the 3
	129	+	frequency of noncompliance with the requirements of this 4
	130	+	Act by the applicable Postal Service contractor when de-5
	131	+	termining which penalty to apply (if any). 6
114	132		(f) C
115		-	RASHDEFINED.—In this Act, the term 11
116		-	‘‘crash’’— 12
117		-	(1) means an occurrence involving a commercial 13
118		-	motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate 14
119		-	or intrastate commerce which results in— 15
120		-	(A) a fatality; 16
121		-	(B) bodily injury to a person who, as a re-17
122		-	sult of the injury, immediately receives medical 18
123		-	treatment away from the scene of the accident; 19
124		-	or 20
125		-	(C) one or more motor vehicles incurring 21
126		-	disabling damage as a result of the accident, re-22
127		-	quiring at least one of the motor vehicle to be 23
128		-	transported away from the scene by a tow truck 24
129		-	or other motor vehicle; and 25 6
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131		-	(2) does not include— 1
132		-	(A) an occurrence involving only boarding 2
133		-	and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; 3
134		-	or 4
135		-	(B) an occurrence involving only the load-5
136		-	ing or unloading of cargo. 6
137		-	Passed the House of Representatives March 3,
138		-	2025.
139		-	Attest:
140		-	Clerk. 119
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142		-	CONGRESS
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148		-	H. R. 758
149		-	AN ACT
150		-	To direct the United States Postal Service to issue
151		-	regulations requiring Postal Service employees
152		-	and contractors to report to the Postal Service
153		-	traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail
154		-	that result in injury or death, and for other pur-
155		-	poses.
	133	+	RASHDEFINED.—In this Act, the term 7
	134	+	‘‘crash’’— 8
	135	+	(1) means an occurrence involving a commercial 9
	136	+	motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate 10
	137	+	or intrastate commerce which results in— 11
	138	+	(A) a fatality; 12
	139	+	(B) bodily injury to a person who, as a re-13
	140	+	sult of the injury, immediately receives medical 14
	141	+	treatment away from the scene of the accident; 15
	142	+	or 16
	143	+	(C) one or more motor vehicles incurring 17
	144	+	disabling damage as a result of the accident, re-18
	145	+	quiring at least one of the motor vehicle to be 19
	146	+	transported away from the scene by a tow truck 20
	147	+	or other motor vehicle; and 21
	148	+	(2) does not include— 22
	149	+	(A) an occurrence involving only boarding 23
	150	+	and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; 24
	151	+	or 25
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	155	+	(B) an occurrence involving only the load-1
	156	+	ing or unloading of cargo. 2
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