Text of Senate Amendment 6085

On 2026-06-24, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6085" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6085

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3294] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6085. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Lummis, and Ms. Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. POSTAL OPERATIONS STAY TIMELY AND LOCAL ACT. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act'' or the ``POSTAL Act''. (b) Limitation on Closing or Consolidating Postal Service Processing and Distribution Centers in States.-- (1) Definitions.--In this section: (A) Processing and distribution center.--The term ``processing and distribution center'' means a central mail facility that-- (i) distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area; (ii) provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and (iii) is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch. (B) State.--The term ``State'' means a State or the District of Columbia. (2) Limitation.--The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State. ______