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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 463 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To facilitate the implementation of security measures undertaken by the |
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| 6 | 6 | | United States Postal Service, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLIBRAND(for herself and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu- |
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| 12 | 12 | | rity and Governmental Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To facilitate the implementation of security measures under- |
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| 15 | 15 | | taken by the United States Postal Service, and for other |
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| 16 | 16 | | 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 ‘‘Protect Our Letter 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Carriers Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is the sense of the Congress that— 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) United States Postal Service letter carriers 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | must be protected from acts of violence; and 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 463 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) the Attorney General should vigorously 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | prosecute any case of assault against a postal em-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ployee. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 3. FUNDS TO UPGRADE COLLECTION BOXES. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | There is authorized to be appropriated 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | $1,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2029 to the United States Postal Service to carry out, as 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | determined by the United States Postal Service— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) the installation of high security collection 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | boxes; and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) the replacement of older versions of the uni-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | versal mailbox key, also known as the arrow key, 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | with electronic versions. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | AGAINST THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERV-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ICE. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | NGENERAL.—Section 542 of title 28, United 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | lowing: 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the United States attorney for the district, appoint in each 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | judicial district an assistant United States attorney with 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | principal responsibility in the district to coordinate and 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | supervise the investigation and prosecution of alleged of-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | fenses committed— 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 463 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(1) in violation of chapter 83 of title 18; 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(2) in violation of sections 2115, 2116, or 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2117 of title 18; or 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(3) against a carrier or person entrusted with 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the mail and having custody thereof, in violation of 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | section 111 of title 18.’’. 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (b) D |
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| 65 | 65 | | EADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE.—The Attorney 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | General shall comply with section 542(c) of title 28, 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | United States Code, as added by this Act, not later than 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | SEC. 5. SENTENCING GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO ROB-11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | BERY AGAINST A POSTAL EMPLOYEE. 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Not later than May 1 following the first year that 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the United 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | States Sentencing Commission shall amend the sentencing 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | guidelines and policy statements promulgated under sec-16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tion 994 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the assault or robbery of a postal employee, including con-18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | duct committed during the immediate flight after the com-19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | mission of such an assault or robbery if the conduct cre-20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury, shall be 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | treated in the same manner as the assault of a law en-22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | forcement officer. 23 |
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