Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act” or the “POSTAL Act”.
Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act
A BILL
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on closing or consolidating Postal Service processing and distribution centers in States
In general— The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to any processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in no such center being located in that State or negatively impact mail delivery.
Definitions— In this section—
the term “processing and distribution center” means a central mail facility that—
distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and
is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch; and
the term “State” means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.