Postal Alert and Weather Preparedness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8491 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8491 To direct the United States Postal Service to conduct a study on the feasibility of carrying out a program to provide electronic notifications to Postal Service customers regarding weather and mail delivery, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the United States Postal Service to conduct a study on the feasibility of carrying out a program to provide electronic notifications to Postal Service customers regarding weather and mail delivery, 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 ``Postal Alert and Weather Preparedness Act''. SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON PROGRAM TO SEND ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING WEATHER AND MAIL DELIVERY TO POSTAL SERVICE CUSTOMERS. (a) Study and Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General shall-- (1) conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of carrying out a program, using the United States Postal Service's informed delivery platform, under which the Postal Service may send electronic notifications to Postal Service customers regarding weather and mail delivery, including notifications-- (A) with respect to a delay in the delivery of mail as a result of inclement weather or natural disasters; (B) that post offices and other Postal Service locations may be closed or operating with limited hours and staffing as a result of inclement weather or natural disasters; and (C) that pr