,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ae1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,tester introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure the availability  
of mail collection boxes4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,post ,office ,security and             
,transparency ,act of #bjbj or the      
,,post ,act4  #b4 ,mail collection boxes
  7a7 ,definitions ,in this section--   
7#a7 the term appropriate congressional 
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate2  7,b7 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate2  7,c7 the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of 
,representatives2 and  7,d7 the         
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives2  7#b7 the   
term collection box means a receptacle  

where a postal customer can deposit     
mail1 including-- 7,a7 a blue1          
freestanding unit2  7,b7 a post-mounted 
unit2 and  7,c7 a chute in a building2  
and  7#c7 the term ,postal ,service     
means the ,united ,states ,postal       
,service4  7b7 ,moratorium on collection
 box removal2 restoration of removed    
boxes  7#a7 ,moratorium ,the ,postal    
,service may not remove any collection  
box during the period beginning on the  
date of enactment of this ,act and      
ending on the later of-- 7,a7 the date  
that is #ahj days after the date of     
enactment of this ,act2 or  7,b7 the    
date on which the ,postal ,service      
submits the report to ,congress under   
subsection 7c74  7#b7 ,restoration of   
removed collection boxes ,not later than
 #ad days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,postal ,service shall  
restore or replace any collection box   
that the ,postal ,service removed during
 the period beginning on ,june #af1     
#bjbj1 and ending on the day before the 

date of enactment of this ,act4  7c7    
,report to ,congress ,as soon as        
practicable after the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,postal ,service shall
 submit a report to the appropriate     
congressional committees that includes--
 7#a7 the metrics used to make decisions
 on collection box removals during      
fiscal year #bjbj2  7#b7 the methods    
used to provide public notice of        
collection box removals during fiscal   
year #bjbj2  7#c7 a cost-benefit        
analysis of collection box removals that
 occurred during fiscal year #bjbj2     
7#d7 a demographic analysis of the      
individuals who were most likely to use 
collection boxes during fiscal year     
#bjbj2 and  7#e7 with respect to        
collection boxes that were relocated    
during fiscal year #bjbj to increase    
public access to collection boxes-- 7,a7
 the new and old location of each       
collection box2 and  7,b7 the reason for
 each relocation1 including density     
metrics used in determining whether and 

where to relocate the collection box4