HR6788-118

Introduced

To improve communication between the United States Postal Service and local communities relating to the relocation and establishment of Postal Service retail service facilities, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 14, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To improve communication between the United States Postal Service and local communities relating to the relocation and establishment of Postal Service retail service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDDF1C187B826492CBA8A65B9B49E3880: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mandating Advisable and Informed Locations and Solutions Act or the MAILS Act.
  • Section H3C2B1014D216405E88D45D92BA49E08A: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term post office— means a facility that— is owned or leased by the Postal Service; is managed by a Postmaster; has...
  • Section H2E52B22EE06D4670A36F7A8BC19B084C: 3. Requests for new post offices Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal Service shall establish by regulation a formal...
  • Section HD0D4A5692BAE4DEF8E0E61BA4B8D8AC4: 4. Communication relating to post office relocation The Postal Service shall amend section 241.4 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide the...
  • Section H0EC0FCD7E227479585C77050095B1839: 5. Report With respect to any temporary relocation for a period that is longer than 180 days (whether due to the originally projected length of the relocation...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To improve communication between the United States Postal Service and local communities relating to the relocation and establishment of Postal Service retail service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To improve communication between the United States Postal Service and local communities relating to the relocation and establishment of Postal Service retail service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 14, 2023

Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Simpson) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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