Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
This bill requires or authorizes certain actions related to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
The bill requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (for example, assault on a postal service employee, breaking into a post office, or obstruction of mails).
The bill also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer.
Additionally, the bill authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.
Cosponsors 231
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2025 to Sep 14, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 24, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 463 | Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025 | Related bill | Feb 6, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Due process and equal protection
- Evidence and witnesses
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Property rights
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
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