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HCONRES 4 111th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Government buildings, facilities, and property Postal service Rural conditions and development Small towns

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices.

Introduced: January 7, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service: (1) should provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to all communities, including rural areas and small towns where post offices may not be self-sustaining; and (2) should take all necessary steps to ensure that post offices are not closed or consolidated.
What's happening now January 7, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 29, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 4: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-4/
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"H. Con. Res. 4: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-4/.
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H. Con. Res. 4, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-4/.
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