Postal Service Transparency and Review Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2807 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2807

    To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for increased 
oversight over significant proposed changes to postal services, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

   Mr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
   Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Loudermilk, and Mr. Jack) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for increased 
oversight over significant proposed changes to postal services, 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 Service Transparency and 
Review Act''.

SEC. 2. OVERSIGHT OF PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO POSTAL SERVICES.

    Section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) Prior to implementing any change in the nature of postal 
services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or 
substantially nationwide basis, or which will significantly affect 
service within a postal district, not later than the date that is 180 
days before the proposed effective date of such change the Postal 
Service shall submit a proposal for such change to the Postal 
Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change.
    ``(2)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date the Commission 
receives such a proposal from the Postal Service under paragraph (1), 
the Commission shall issue an advisory opinion on the proposal.
    ``(B) The Postal Service may not take any action, or obligate or 
expend any funds, to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the 
applicable proposed change at anytime before the date the Commission 
issues an advisory opinion under this paragraph, consistent with 
paragraph (3).
    ``(3)(A) The Commission may issue a ruling to suspend 
implementation of any such change if the Commission determines that the 
Postal Service failed to seek an advisory opinion required under 
paragraph (1).
    ``(B) On and after the date of such ruling, no funds may be 
obligated or expended by the Postal Service to implement, administer, 
or otherwise carry out such change until the Postal Service seeks an 
advisory opinion under such paragraph, and mail service levels shall be 
returned to and maintained at the service level in effect prior to the 
applicable change in the nature of postal service that occurred.''; and
            (2) by adding after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Chapter 8 of title 5 shall apply to proposals submitted by 
the Postal Service under subsection (b)(1) to the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, except that in applying such chapter to such a proposal--
            ``(1) the term `joint resolution' means only a joint 
        resolution introduced in the period beginning on the date the 
        Commission issued an advisory opinion under subsection (b)(1) 
        with respect to such proposal was so submitted and ending 60 
        legislative days thereafter, the matter after the resolving 
        clause of which is as follows: `That Congress disapproves the 
        proposal submitted by the United States Postal Service relating 
        to ____, and such change shall have no force or effect.' (The 
        blank space being appropriately filled in); and
            ``(2) the term `submission or publication date' means the 
        date such opinion was so issued.''.
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