H.R. 1310

Summary

H.R. 1310, the POSTAL Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 13, 2025 by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Feb 13, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 1310 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 1310 IH: Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-13
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1310  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 13, 2025   Ms. Hageman  (for herself and  Mr. Pappas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    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)
In general
The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to any processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in no such center being located in that State.
(b)
Definitions
In this section—
(1)
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; and
(2)
the term  State  means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

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

Sponsors

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) sponsors H.R. 1310, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Harriet Hageman

Rep. · R–WY · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Christopher Pappas

Rep. · D–NH-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 1310 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Feb 13, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1310 has taken 2 actions since Feb 13, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1310 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1310 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
• 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

4 clients hired 5 firms and 11 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1310 in 15 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, Health Issues, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Education.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1310 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1310’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1310 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Government buildings, facilities, and property to U.S. Postal Service.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com