CIPZIP Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3175 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3175

  To establish a pilot program for ZIP Code boundary changes, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2025

 Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a pilot program for ZIP Code boundary changes, 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 ``Community Involvement in Zone 
Improvement Plans Act of 2025'' or the ``CIPZIP Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PILOT POSTAL SERVICE PROGRAM FOR ZIP CODE BOUNDARY CHANGES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of title 39, 
United States Code, the United States Postal Service (referred to in 
this section as the ``Postal Service'') shall establish a pilot program 
through which the Postal Service may consider entering into an 
agreement with an agency of a State government, local government, or 
Tribal government to receive money, property, or services to defray 
part or all of the net costs, if any, in conjunction with a request for 
a ZIP Code boundary change or realignment.
    (b) Denial of ZIP Code Boundary Change or Realignment Requests.--
            (1) In general.--If the Postal Service denies a request 
        from a State government, local government, or Tribal government 
        for a ZIP Code boundary change or realignment on the basis of a 
        net cost to the Postal Service, the Postal Service shall--
                    (A) notify the requestor in writing of the 
                existence of the program established under subsection 
                (a);
                    (B) provide the requestor with an estimate of the 
                net cost to the Postal Service of the implementation of 
                the request;
                    (C) allow not less than 30 days for the requestor 
                to propose an agreement meeting the requirements of the 
                pilot program established under subsection (a); and
                    (D) give due consideration to a proposed agreement 
                under subparagraph (C).
            (2) Cost as only dispositive factor for a denial.--If a net 
        cost to the Postal Service is the only dispositive factor in a 
        denial of a request under paragraph (1), and the requestor is 
        able to defray that cost under an agreement described in 
        subsection (a), the Postal Service shall accept the agreement 
        and grant the request.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) Annual reports.--Not later than 360 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Postal 
        Regulatory Commission shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
        Representatives a report on the pilot program under subsection 
        (a), including--
                    (A) the number of requests the United States Postal 
                Service has received for a ZIP Code boundary change or 
                realignment, including the number of requests granted 
                and denied;
                    (B) the number of agreements entered into under the 
                pilot program established under subsection (a), and 
                with respect to each such agreement, the total value of 
                the costs defrayed; and
                    (C) with respect to each denial of a request for a 
                ZIP Code boundary change or realignment--
                            (i) whether a notification was provided 
                        pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A); and
                            (ii) the estimated net cost provided 
                        pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B).
            (2) By member request.--The Postal Service shall submit to 
        any Member of Congress, upon request, a report of the factors 
        contributing to the denial of a request from a State 
        government, local government, or Tribal government for a ZIP 
        Code boundary change or realignment.
    (d) Sunset.--The pilot program established under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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