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HR 4422 114th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Bank accounts, deposits, capital Executive agency funding and structure Financial services and investments Postal service U.S. Postal Service

POSTAL Act of 2015

Introduced: February 1, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 1, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act of 2015 [sic] or the POSTAL Act of 2015 [sic]

This bill expands the specific powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the provision of basic financial services, including: (1) small-dollar loans; (2) checking accounts, interest-bearing savings accounts, and services relating to international money transfers, each of which may be provided by the USPS alone or in partnership with depository institutions and credit unions; (3) other basic financial services as appropriate in the public interest; and (4) the creation of a Postal Card that allows users to engage in such financial services.

What's happening now February 1, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 5, 2016
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 12, 2016
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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 1, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4422: POSTAL Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4422/
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"H.R. 4422: POSTAL Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4422/.
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H.R. 4422, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4422/.
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[H.R. 4422: POSTAL Act of 2015](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4422/)
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