,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjbd,ms4 ,rosen introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to limit the closure or     
consolidation of any ,united ,states    
,postal ,service processing and         
distribution center if the ,united      
,states ,postal ,service has failed to  
meet certain conditions1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect ,our ,mail 
,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,limitation on      
closing or consolidating processing and 
distribution centers  7a7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,postal ,service 
,the term ,postal ,service means the    
,united ,states ,postal ,service4  7#b7 
,processing and distribution center ,the
 term processing and distribution center
 means a facility of the ,united ,states
 ,postal ,service that processes1       

distributes1 and dispatches1 part or all
 of both originating and destinating    
volumes of mail for a designated service
 area4  7#c7 ,state ,the term ,state    
means a ,state or the ,district of      
,columbia4  7b7 ,limitation ,the ,postal
 ,service may not proceed on any        
decision to close1 consolidate1         
downgrade1 or take any other similar    
action with respect to a processing and 
distribution center in a ,state-- 7#a7  
if-- 7,a7 at any time during the        
calendar year immediately preceding the 
action1 a processing and distribution   
center located within any ,postal       
,service area in the ,state failed to   
meet the targets described in the fiscal
 year #bjbc performance plan of the     
,postal ,service of-- 7i7 not less than 
#ic percent on-time delivery performance
 for #b-;day single first-class mail1 as
 measured by the service standards in   
effect on the date of enactment of this 
,act2 and  7ii7 not less than #ij4c     
percent on-time delivery performance for

 #c- to #e-;day first-class mail1 as    
measured by the service standards in    
effect on the date of enactment of this 
,act2 or  7,b7 such action would result 
in there being no processing and        
distribution center located-- 7i7 in the
 ,state2 or  7ii7 within #abe miles of  
the processing and distribution center  
subject to such action2 and  7#b7       
unless--  7,a7 the ,postal ,service has 
submitted a proposal relating to such   
action to the ,postal ,regulatory       
,commission using the procedures        
described in section #cffa7;b7 of title 
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 and provided
 the ,postal ,regulatory ,commission any
 information and records necessary to   
issue an opinion on the proposal1       
including any access to ,postal ,service
 facilities2  7,b7 the ,postal          
,regulatory ,commission has issued an   
opinion on the proposal under           
subparagraph 7,a7 using the procedures  
described in section #cffa7;c7 of title 
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 within #ahj 

business days of submission of the      
proposal1 that-- 7i7 includes a         
comprehensive review of geographical    
considerations1 including mountain      
passes1 and the impact of those         
considerations on the effects of the    
proposal on local mail delivery within  
the ,state2 and  7ii7 finds that the    
proposal would not negatively impact    
service standards and performance       
measures for mail originating and       
destinating within the ,state2 and  7,c7
 the deadline for appeals described in  
subsection 7c7 has passed and the       
,postal ,regulatory ,commission has     
heard all appeals under that subsection 
and all such appeals are unsuccessful4  
7c7 ,affected customer right ,to appeal 
7#a7 ,in general ,any person regularly  
served by a processing and distribution 
center subject to closure1              
consolidation1 downgrading1 or any other
 similar action shall have the right to 
appeal to the ,postal ,regulatory       
,commission a decision described in     

subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,deadline ,any    
appeal under paragraph 7#a7 shall be    
filed not later than the later of-- 7,a7
 #ahj days after the date of enactment  
of this ,act2 or  7,b7 #ahj days after  
the date of a decision described in     
subsection 7b74  7#c7 ,notice required  
,not later than #g days after the date  
of a decision described in subsection   
7b71 the ,postal ,service shall publicly
 and conspicuously display on the       
website of the ,postal ,service and at  
the facility impacted by such decision  
information relating to the right to    
appeal under paragraph 7#a7 and the     
process to file such appeal4