S. 569

Summary

S. 569, the POSTAL Act, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 13, 2025 by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on Feb 13, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 569 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 S569 IS: Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 569  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 13, 2025   Ms. Lummis  (for herself,  Ms. Hassan ,  Mr. Barrasso , and  Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    A BILL
To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act   or the   POSTAL Act  .
2.
Limitation on closing or consolidating Postal Service processing and distribution centers in States
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Processing and distribution center
The term  processing and distribution center  means a central mail facility that—
(A)
distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
(B)
provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and
(C)
is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch.
(2)
State
The term  State  means a State or the District of Columbia.
(b)
Limitation
The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State.

Tracker

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A bill to limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) sponsors S. 569, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Cynthia Lummis

Sen. · R–WY · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

John Barrasso

Sen. · R–WY · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

Margaret Hassan

Sen. · D–NH · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

Jeanne Shaheen

Sen. · D–NH · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 569 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Referred To · Feb 13, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 569 has taken 2 actions since Feb 13, 2025.

Votes

S. 569 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 569 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• POSTAL Act — Display Title
• POSTAL Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in States, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 2 firms and 3 registered lobbyists who named S. 569 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Manufacturing, Postal, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 569 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 569’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com