S. 1604 119th Congress Senate

No RTO Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative, or similar initiative from being implemented by the United States Postal Service if the Postal Regulatory Commission has determined the initiative will negatively affect rural communities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2025 Introduced by: Josh Hawley Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

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May 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

May 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Lobbying activity 20

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PRINTING UNITED ALLIANCE
for PRINTING UNITED ALLIANCE · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FEDEX CORPORATION
for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
for ENVELOPE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
PRINTING UNITED ALLIANCE
for PRINTING UNITED ALLIANCE · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
20 filings
SENATE
20 filings
Treasury, Dept of
16 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
11 filings
Postal Regulatory Commission
10 filings
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
10 filings
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
6 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
6 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1604: No RTO Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1604/

MLA

"S. 1604: No RTO Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1604/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 1604, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1604/.

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