Postal Suspension Transparency Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Postal Suspension Transparency Act adds section 3693 to title 39. USPS must create a public website with an interactive dashboard for each covered post office under emergency suspension. For every suspended office, USPS must show the street address, suspension date, reason, available alternatives including curbside delivery, the nearest retail postal facility and hours, and an estimated reopening date when practicable. Users must be able to search by street address, ZIP Code, or post office box, sort and filter the information, and download current and historical data in an open format. USPS must update the site at least every two weeks and keep historical suspension information available for at least six years.
Who Benefits and How
Postal customers benefit from clearer information about closures, alternate services, and expected reopening. Rural communities, older adults, small businesses, and PO box users benefit because suspended local offices can be hard to replace. Congressional oversight staff, journalists, and community advocates benefit from downloadable data and historical records about postal suspensions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USPS technology and retail operations staff must build, maintain, and update the dashboard. Local postal managers must provide accurate suspension reasons, alternate-service information, and reopening estimates. Federal postal oversight staff may face more public scrutiny when suspensions last for long periods. USPS may incur technology, data-management, and training costs.
Key Provisions
- Requires USPS to build and maintain a public emergency-suspension website for covered post offices.
- Requires address, suspension date, reason, alternate services, nearest retail facility, hours, and estimated reopening data.
- Requires search, sort, filter, bulk download, open-format, and historical data functionality.
- Mandates updates at least every two weeks and historical availability for at least six years.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires USPS to maintain a public interactive dashboard for every emergency-suspended post office, including address, suspension date, reason, alternate services, nearby retail facility, estimated reopening, search tools, downloads, historical data, and biweekly updates.
Key Policy Areas
Postal Service, Government Transparency, Public Services, Technology
Primary Purpose
Requires USPS to maintain a public interactive dashboard for every emergency-suspended post office, including address, suspension date, reason, alternate services, nearby retail facility, estimated reopening, search tools, downloads, historical data, and biweekly updates.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Postal customers
- Rural communities
- Small businesses
- PO box users
- Congressional oversight staff
Identified Costs
- USPS technology staff
- USPS retail operations staff
- Local postal managers
- Federal postal oversight staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Budzinski, and Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Congressional oversight staff, Local postal managers, USPS retail operations staff
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight staff
Negative-direction: Local postal managers, USPS retail operations staff, USPS technology staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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