PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] · R–WY
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed INFORM Act of 2025 would require the Postal Service to post notices in affected postal storefronts when it proposes service changes affecting the country generally or substantially nationwide. Notices would explain the changes, their timing, expected service impacts, and opportunities for public input. They would appear when the proposal is sent to the Postal Regulatory Commission for advice and remain posted for at least 30 days after the change takes effect.
This Act may be cited as the Instituting Notification Formalities On Reorganizing Mail Act of 2025 or the INFORM Act of 2025.
When the Postal Service determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it shall—
(A) submit a proposed change, within a reasonable time prior to the effective date of the change, to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change; and (B) on the date such proposed change is submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, post a notice of the change within affected storefront postal facilities, to remain posted for no fewer than 30 days after the change has gone into effect
(i) relevant details of the change; (ii) associated timelines related to the implementation of the change; (iii) anticipated impacts on nationwide postal services; (iv) details of any public meetings and opportunities for public comment
For proposed service changes meeting the nationwide or substantially nationwide threshold, the bill would require the Postal Service to request an advisory opinion—advice on the proposal—from the Postal Regulatory Commission. Submission would have to occur a reasonable time before the change takes effect; the text sets no fixed number of days for that advance submission.
When the Postal Service determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis, it shall— (A) submit a proposed change, within a reasonable time prior to the effective date of the change, to the Postal Regulatory Commission requesting an advisory opinion on the change
The Postal Service would have to post notices inside affected storefront postal facilities on the same date it submits the proposed change to the Commission. The notices would have to remain posted through at least 30 days after the change takes effect.
on the date such proposed change is submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, post a notice of the change within affected storefront postal facilities, to remain posted for no fewer than 30 days after the change has gone into effect
Each notice would have to include relevant details, implementation timelines, anticipated nationwide service impacts, details of any public meetings and comment opportunities, and contact information for public comment. It would also include other helpful resources the Postal Service considers necessary. The reference to public meetings does not itself require a new meeting.
such notice shall include— (i) relevant details of the change; (ii) associated timelines related to the implementation of the change; (iii) anticipated impacts on nationwide postal services; (iv) details of any public meetings and opportunities for public comment; (v) contact information for public comment; and (vi) other helpful resources as deemed necessary by the Postal Service.
The bill would also reorganize the existing statutory text: move subsection (c) into subsection (b) as paragraph (2), label that paragraph “Hearing and Opinion of Commission,” and replace “proposal” with “proposed change.”
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (2) of subsection (b); and (4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— (A) by inserting Hearing and Opinion of Commission.— before The Commission; and (B) by striking proposal and inserting proposed change.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 12, 2025. It does not establish subsequent legislative action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:55:16Z. 2025-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-02-12: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-12. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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