Protect Our Mail Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8795 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8795 To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center if the United States Postal Service has failed to meet certain conditions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2024 Mr. Amodei introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center if the United States Postal Service has failed to meet certain conditions, 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 ``Protect Our Mail Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Postal service.--The term ``Postal Service'' means the United States Postal Service. (2) Processing and distribution center.--The term ``processing and distribution center'' means a facility of the United States Postal Service that processes, distributes, and dispatches, part or all of both originating and destinating volumes of mail for a designated service area. (3) State.--The term ``State'' means a State or the District of Columbia. (b) Limitation.--The Postal Service may not proceed on any decision to close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State-- (1) if-- (A) at any time during the calendar year immediately preceding the action, a processing and distribution center located within any Postal Serv