Bill Details
HR.1760 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced Date
2025-02-27
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would require the Government Accountability Office, which helps Congress review federal agencies, to study problems involving the Postal Service and report its findings to Congress every year for five years. The reports would look at mail theft, delayed mail, misconduct by Postal Service employees, other crimes or violations handled by postal investigators, and theft or vandalism of Postal Service property. Each report would also explain what the Postal Service is already doing to stop these problems and give ideas for how the Postal Service and Congress can better protect mail and postal property.
- Reports would begin no later than one year after the law takes effect and continue once a year for five years.
- The review would cover nationwide patterns and examples of mail theft, mail delays, employee violations, and other crimes or civil violations related to the Postal Service.
- The study would also examine theft of Postal Service property and vandalism against Postal Service property.
- The Government Accountability Office would work with the Postal Service Inspector General and the Postal Inspection Service while preparing the reports.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1760 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1760
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit
reports to Congress on theft of mail and United States Postal Service
property and other civil or criminal violations relating to the Postal
Service, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit
reports to Congress on theft of mail and United States Postal Service
property and other civil or criminal violations relating to the Postal
Service, 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 ``Upholding a Secure Postal System
Act'' or the ``USPS Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON MAIL AND POSTAL SERVICE PROPERTY THEFT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section and each year thereafter for 5 years, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall investigate nationwide
patterns and instances of the theft of mail, delays of mail, United
States Postal Service employee violations investigated by the Office of
the Inspector General of the Postal Service, any other criminal or
civil violations under the jurisdiction of the Postal Inspection
Service, and the theft or vandalism of Postal Service property, and
submit a report on each such investigation to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(b) Contents.--Any report under subsection (a) shall include a
description of any measures the Postal Service has in place to address
violations described under such subsection and recommendations on how
the Postal Service and Congress can combat such violations.
(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Comptroller
General shall consult with the Inspector General of the Postal Service
and the Postal Inspection Service.
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