HR 3584 IH

To authorize the United States Postal Service to co-locate post offices at retail facilities and municipal buildings, and for other purposes.

December 7, 2011

Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

To authorize the United States Postal Service to co-locate post offices at retail facilities and municipal buildings, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Community Postal Service Preservation and Cost Savings Act’.

SEC. 2. CO-LOCATION OF POST OFFICES AT RETAIL FACILITIES AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.

(a) In General- Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (2)(A)--

(A) by striking ‘and’ at the end of clause (iv); and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘(vi) whether such post office should be co-located at a retail facility or a municipal building, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (7); and’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘(7) With respect to any post office being considered for closure or consolidation under this subsection, the Postal Service shall review and consider whether such post office should, in lieu of closure or consolidation, be co-located at a retail facility or municipal building within 1 mile of such post office.’.

(b) Post Offices Closed or Consolidated Between January 1, 2011, and Date of Enactment- With respect to any post office closed or consolidated under section 404 of title 39, United States Code, between January 1, 2011, and the date of enactment of this section, the Postal Service shall review and consider whether such closed or consolidated post office should be reestablished and co-located at a retail facility or municipal building within 1 mile of such former post office.