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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1486 (Reported in Senate) — To improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service. · Sec. 205

Sec. 205. Delivery point modernization

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Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the following definitions shall apply: The term centralized delivery means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail is delivered to a group or cluster of mail receptacles at a single location. The term curbside delivery means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail is delivered to a mail receptacle that is situated at the edge of a public sidewalk abutting a road or curb, at a road, or at a curb.
The term delivery point means a mailbox or other receptacle to which mail is delivered. The term district office means the central office of an administrative field unit with responsibility for postal operations in a designated geographic area (as defined under regulations, directives, or other guidance of the Postal Service). The term door delivery — means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail is— delivered to a mail receptacle at or near a postal customer’s door; or hand-delivered to a postal customer; and does not include curbside or centralized delivery.
The term primary mode of mail delivery means the typical method by which the Postal Service delivers mail to the delivery point of a postal customer. Except as otherwise provided in this section, including paragraphs
(4)and
(5)of subsection (c), it shall be the policy of the Postal Service to use the primary mode of mail delivery that is most cost-effective and is in the best long-term interest of the Postal Service. Except as provided in paragraphs
(4)and (5), the Postal Service shall provide centralized delivery to new addresses established after the date of enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 , or if centralized delivery is not practicable shall provide curbside delivery. The Postal Service shall carry out a program to convert business addresses with door delivery on the date of enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 to centralized delivery or to curbside delivery. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 , the head of each district office of the Postal Service shall identify residential addresses within the district office’s service area that are appropriate candidates for conversion from door delivery to another primary mode of delivery, in accordance with standards established by the Postal Service. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 , and consistent with subsection
(b)and paragraph (4), the Postal Service shall begin implementation of a program to convert, on a voluntary basis, the addresses identified under subparagraph
(A)from door delivery to a more cost-effective primary mode of delivery. In pursuing conversion under subparagraph (B), the Postal Service shall establish procedures to— solicit and consider input from postal customers, State and local governments, local associations, and property owners; and place centralized delivery points in locations that maximize delivery efficiency, ease of use for postal customers, and respect for private property rights. In establishing a primary mode of mail delivery for new addresses under paragraph
(1)or converting the primary mode of mail delivery for an address under paragraph
(2)or (3), the Postal Service may provide door delivery if— a physical barrier precludes the efficient provision of centralized delivery or curbside delivery; the address is located in a registered historic district, as that term is defined in section 47(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or the Postal Service determines that the provision of centralized delivery or curbside delivery would be impractical, would not be cost-effective, or would not be in the best long-term interest of the Postal Service. The Postal Service shall establish and maintain a waiver program under which, upon the application of a postal customer, door delivery may be continued or provided to a delivery point if— centralized delivery or curbside delivery would, but for this paragraph, be the primary mode of mail delivery for the delivery point; and a physical hardship prevents the postal customer from receiving his or her mail through any other form of mail delivery. . The table of sections for subchapter VII of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3692. Delivery point modernization. .
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