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Senate Bill 1204
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Post Office Discontinuance Accountability Act of 2018
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 23, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 23, 2017
Latest Action
Sep 4, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1204
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Claire McCaskill
Missouri
Republican
Jerry Moran
Kansas
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Post Office Discontinuance Accountability Act of 2017

This bill establishes procedures under which the United States Postal Service (USPS) may carry out emergency suspensions of post offices because of a natural disaster, damage to or destruction of a post office, or a lack of qualified personnel to operate it or adequate measures to safeguard it.

A District Manager implementing an emergency suspension must: (1) provide immediate notice to the Headquarters Review Coordinator or the Field Performance office, local officials of the USPS, and customers; (2) establish alternate service as quickly as possible; (3) temporarily reassign each employee of the post office; and (4) form a suspension review team, which shall review the suspension and recommend that the suspension continue or that the post office reopen.

If the team recommends that the suspension continue, the District Manager shall either initiate discontinuance procedures for the post office or publish a plan to restore service within 180 days. If restoration is delayed, the District Manager must publish notice and either host a public forum in the affected community or initiate discontinuance procedures.

The District Manager shall immediately notify the affected community when a post office is reopened or service is restored.

The bill authorizes the USPS to establish an alternative process to suspend postal services to a community based on the expiration of a lease or rental agreement for a post office. The District Manager shall take specified steps to: (1) negotiate an extension of an expiring agreement, the sale of the post office to the USPS, or a new agreement for postal service; (2) provide for the disruption of service if the negotiations fail and for the restoration of service; or (3) initiate discontinuance procedures.

Text (2)
Reported to Senate
September 4, 2018
Introduced in Senate
May 23, 2017
Actions (5)
09/04/2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.
09/04/2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-329.
06/13/2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
05/23/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
05/23/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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