S. 4581: POST Act
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S. 4581: POST Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
POST Act
Plain summary
Post Office Security and Transparency Act of 2020 or the POST Act This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to take specified actions to ensure the availability of mail collection boxes. Specifically, the bill (1) prohibits the USPS from removing any collection box during the period beginning on this bill's enactment and ending on the later of 180 days after enactment or the date on which the USPS submits a report to Congress providing details of collection box removals and relocations, and (2) requires the USPS to restore or replace any collection box that it removed during the period beginning on June 16, 2020, and ending on the day before this bill's enactment.
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Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 0 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4581.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s4581 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116