Puerto Rico Postal Equity Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6441 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6441 To require the Postmaster General update the systems of the Postal Service to accurately recognize and preserve address data, including the proper use of linguistic characters and place names, in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 4, 2025 Mr. Hernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Postmaster General update the systems of the Postal Service to accurately recognize and preserve address data, including the proper use of linguistic characters and place names, in Puerto Rico, 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 ``Puerto Rico Postal Equity Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The accurate identification, formatting, and integration of physical addresses are essential to the efficient operation of the United States Postal Service, the reliability of mail delivery, the facilitation of e-commerce, and the equitable distribution of Federal programs and services. (2) Historical and structural complexities in Puerto Rico's local addressing conventions create inconsistencies between locally assigned addresses and those recognized by the United States Postal Service, Federal agencies, and major private platforms, resulting in recurring delivery and validation failures. (3) Such inconsistencies include the omission or alteration of diacritical marks recognized in Spanish-language place names, street names, and surnames, which can lead to misidentification, deli