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
Definitions— In this section:
Processing and distribution center— 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.
State— The term State means a State or the District of Columbia.
Limitation— The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State or would negatively impact mail delivery.