Bill Details
HR.1249 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced Date
2025-02-12
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would require the U.S. Postal Service to give more public notice before making major changes that affect postal service across the country or in much of the country. If the Postal Service plans a change in how mail service works on a nationwide scale, it would have to ask the Postal Regulatory Commission for an advisory opinion and also post notice of the change in affected post offices. The notice would need to explain what is changing, when it will happen, how it may affect service, and how the public can give comments or attend meetings. The notice would have to stay posted for at least 30 days after the change takes effect.
- The Postal Service would have to notify the Postal Regulatory Commission before a major nationwide or near-nationwide service change happens.
- The Postal Service would also have to post notices in affected postal facilities when the change is submitted for review.
- Those notices would need to include details about the change, the timeline, expected effects on service, and information about public meetings and public comments.
- The notices would have to remain posted for at least 30 days after the change goes into effect.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1249 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1249
To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes
that will affect nationwide postal services, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Ms. Hageman (for herself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the United States Postal Service to post notices of changes
that will affect nationwide postal services, 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 ``Instituting Notification Formalities
On Reorganizing Mail Act of 2025'' or the ``INFORM Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICES RELATING TO CHANGES IN NATURE OF POSTAL
SERVICES.
Section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The'' and inserting
``In General.--The'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``Change in Nature of Postal
Services.--'' before ``When''; and
(B) by striking ``When'' and all that follows, and
inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--When the Postal Service determines that
there should be a change in the nature of postal services which
will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially
nationwide basis, it shall--
``(A) submit a proposed change, within a reasonable
time prior to the effective date of the change, to the
Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory
opinion on the change; and
``(B) on the date such proposed change is submitted
to the Postal Regulatory Commission, post a notice of
the change within affected storefront postal
facilities, to remain posted for no fewer than 30 days
after the change has gone into effect, and such notice
shall include--
``(i) relevant details of the change;
``(ii) associated timelines related to the
implementation of the change;
``(iii) anticipated impacts on nationwide
postal services;
``(iv) details of any public meetings and
opportunities for public comment;
``(v) contact information for public
comment; and
``(vi) other helpful resources as deemed
necessary by the Postal Service.'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (2) of
subsection (b); and
(4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) (as so
redesignated)--
(A) by inserting ``Hearing and opinion of
commission.--'' before ``The Commission''; and
(B) by striking ``proposal'' and inserting
``proposed change''.
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