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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