Easy Access to Mail Act

This bill would limit when the U.S. Postal Service can use centralized delivery, meaning grouped or clustered mailboxes at one location, for single-family homes and townhouses. Homes that do not have centralized delivery when the law takes effect could not be switched to it. For homes built after the law takes effect, the Postal Service would need approval from the local legislative body, or the state legislature if there is none, before requiring centralized delivery. If approval is given, the local postmaster would have to notify other local governments and planning commissions in the county and allow 60 days of public comment before starting. The bill would also direct the Postal Regulatory Commission to ensure the Postal Service does not change existing policies in ways that would have a disproportionate negative effect on rural, lower income, elderly, disabled, or mostly minority communities.

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Sponsors

• Tim Burchett Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors