S3657-119

In Committee

Protect Postal Performance Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protect Postal Performance Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Environment, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers 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, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEC841AFC25DC47DE877342ACB7BDAFFF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Postal Performance Act.
  • Section H78CB22642BA44A7EB95198CD80666707: 2. Limitation on closure and consolidations of post offices Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (4)— by striking The...
  • Section HC18E18E0852241218823832C7D64B4EB: 3. Postal Service processing and distribution centers; transportation optimization Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after...
  • Section H23B7585917ED407A90DFFA458A16964B: 417. Postal Service processing and distribution centers The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar...
  • Section H8D7904144FF64320B6F3A024E0DB5474: 418. Local transportation optimization and regional transportation optimization changes The Postal Service may not implement or otherwise carry out any local...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protect Postal Performance Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, Protect Postal Performance Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies:
transportation operators and travelers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the …

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
Transportation Environment Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"processing and distribution center" §H23B7585917ED407A90DFFA458A16964B

a central mail facility that— distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area

"processing and distribution center" §HC18E18E0852241218823832C7D64B4EB

a central mail facility that— distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area

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