,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ac1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4 
,welch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require the ,united ,states ,postal     
,service to post notices of changes that
 will affect nationwide postal services1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,instituting ,notification ,formalities 
,on ,reorganizing ,mail ,act of #bjbe or
 the ,,inform ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,requiring notices relating to changes  
in nature of postal services ,section   
#cffa of title #ci1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a71 by striking ,the and inserting ,in 
,general4--,the2  7#b7 in subsection    
7b7-- 7,a7 by inserting ,change in      
,nature of ,postal ,services4-- before  
,when2 and  7,b7 by striking ,when and  

all that follows1 and inserting the     
following3  7#a7 ,in ,general ,when the 
,postal ,service determines that there  
should be a change in the nature of     
postal services which will generally    
affect service on a nationwide or       
substantially nationwide basis1 it      
shall-- 7,a7 submit a proposed change1  
within a reasonable time prior to the   
effective date of the change1 to the    
,postal ,regulatory ,commission         
requesting an advisory opinion on the   
change2 and  7,b7 on the date such      
proposed change is submitted to the     
,postal ,regulatory ,commission1 post a 
notice of the change within affected    
storefront postal facilities1 to remain 
posted for not fewer than #cj days after
 the change has gone into effect1 and   
such notice shall include-- 7i7 relevant
 details of the change2  7ii7 associated
 timelines relating to the              
implementation of the change2  7iii7    
anticipated impacts on nationwide postal
 services2  7iv7 details of any public  

meetings and opportunities for public   
comment2  7v7 contact information for   
public comment2 and  7vi7 other helpful 
resources as determined necessary by the
 ,postal ,service4  2  7#c7 by          
redesignating subsection 7c7 as         
paragraph 7#b7 of subsection 7b72 and   
7#d7 in paragraph 7#b7 of subsection    
7b71 as so redesignated-- 7,a7 by       
inserting ,hearing and ,opinion of      
,commission4-- before ,the ,commission2 
and  7,b7 by striking proposal and      
inserting proposed change4