S. 1604

Summary

S. 1604, the No RTO Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 6, 2025 by Sen. Josh Hawley (R). It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on May 6, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 1604 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 S1604 IS: No Regional Transportation Optimization Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-06
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   119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1604  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 6, 2025   Mr. Hawley  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    A BILL
To prohibit implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative, or similar initiative from being implemented by the United States Postal Service if the Postal Regulatory Commission has determined the initiative will negatively affect rural communities, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Regional Transportation Optimization Act   or the   No RTO Act  .
2.
Prohibition
The United States Postal Service shall not implement its Regional Transportation Optimization initiative, or any similar initiative, if the Postal Regulatory Commission has determined in an advisory opinion, pursuant to section 3661 of title 39, United States Code, that such implementation will negatively affect rural communities.

Tracker

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A bill to prohibit implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative, or similar initiative from being implemented by the United States Postal Service if the Postal Regulatory Commission has determined the initiative will negatively affect rural communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Josh Hawley (R) sponsors S. 1604 alone.

Josh Hawley

Sen. · R–MO · Sponsor

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Committees

S. 1604 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Referred To · May 6, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 1604 has taken 2 actions since May 6, 2025.

Votes

S. 1604 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1604 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• No RTO Act — Display Title
• No RTO Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• No Regional Transportation Optimization Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to prohibit implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative, or similar initiative from being implemented by the United States Postal Service if the Postal Regulatory Commission has determined the initiative will negatively affect rural communities, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 5 firms and 12 registered lobbyists who named S. 1604 in 22 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 Postal, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Manufacturing, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Government Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

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 S. 1604 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1604’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com