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S. 463 119th Congress Senate

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to facilitate the implementation of security measures undertaken by the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 6, 2025 Introduced by: Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 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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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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 463: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-463/
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"S. 463: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-463/.
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S. 463, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-463/.
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