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 · 2025-02-21 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 Postal Processing Protection Act would expand references to post offices in an existing federal postal-law provision to include acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, and other supporting facilities. Those facilities would have to be owned or operated by the Postal Service and support at least one post office. The proposal would affect which facilities the existing rules cover.
This Act may be cited as the Postal Processing Protection Act.
Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking any post office and inserting any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices;
In paragraph (1) of the existing law, the bill would retain post offices and add the specified supporting facilities. Ownership or operation by the Postal Service would qualify; the facility would also have to support one or more post offices.
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking any post office and inserting any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices;
The bill would make the same expansion in paragraph (2)'s opening language and in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), adding supporting facilities alongside post offices in both places.
(2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices; and (B) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking post offices and inserting post offices, or acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facilities that are owned or operated by the Postal Service that support 1 or more post offices,;
The bill would also expand the references to post offices in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) to include the same supporting facilities, subject to the same ownership-or-operation and post-office-support requirements.
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,; (4) in paragraph (4), by striking a post office and inserting a post office, or an acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,; and (5) in paragraph (5), by striking any post office and inserting any post office, or any acceptance, processing, shipping, delivery, distribution, or other facility that is owned or operated by the Postal Service that supports 1 or more post offices,.
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 21, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:08:39Z. 2025-02-21: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-02-21: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-21. 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.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish formal earmark status in accompanying materials.
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. Its general expansion of facility coverage does not itself establish such a benefit. This conclusion is limited to that version.
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