MAIL Act

This bill would require the U.S. Postal Service, within one year, to issue rules letting eligible people request and receive a post office box with no fees, as long as boxes are available. Eligible people are those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who also have income at or below the poverty line or receive certain benefits, such as Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, TANF, or federal rental housing assistance. The Postal Service could buy more post office boxes to carry out the program. The bill authorizes yearly federal funding to cover the box fees the Postal Service gives up and the costs of adding and maintaining boxes. The Postmaster General would send Congress a plan within 180 days and progress reports every 5 years.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors