S4672Referred to Committee

Postal Delivery Accountability Act

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-06-03
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Tina Smith
Tina Smith
Democrat · MN · Senator
Votes with party: 86.3% (818 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2026-06-03

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Plain-English Summary

The Postal Service would be required to follow recommendations from its internal watchdog office to better track and report on mail routes that aren't being fully delivered to customers. This would help identify problem areas where mail is going undelivered or only partially delivered, and ensure customers and postal leadership are notified when service issues occur. The change aims to improve mail delivery reliability and transparency across the country.

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Government Operations and Politics

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4672 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4672 To require the Postal Service to implement recommendations from the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service for improving identification and notification of undelivered and partially delivered routes, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 3, 2026 Ms. Smith (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Postal Service to implement recommendations from the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service for improving identification and notification of undelivered and partially delivered routes, 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 ``Postal Delivery Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. POSTAL SERVICE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. (a) In General.--The Postal Service shall review and, to the extent practicable, implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service with respect to undelivered and partially delivered routes contained in the report set forth by the Inspector General entitled ``Delivery Operations--Undelivered and Partially Delivered Routes'' (Report Number 21-262-R23) and dated December 16, 2022. (b) Deadline.--The Postal Service shall implement the recommendations described in subsection (a) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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