118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 7527Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024

To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations requiring Postal Service employees and contractors to report to the Postal Service traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or death, and for other purposes.

Government operations and politics
Introduced Mar 5, 2024
Last action May 7, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Mar 5, 2024
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Referred
Mar 5, 2024
Oversight · Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Committee
Mar 7, 2024
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
May 7, 2024
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations to mandate collecting, tracking, and publicly reporting information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.   The bill also requires (1) Postal Service employees and contractors to report within three days any traffic crash involving a vehicle used in the transportation of mail and resulting in injury or death, (2) the Postal Service to maintain an internal database that includes comprehensive information related to such injuries and deaths, and (3) the Postal Service to provide an annual report to the public summarizing such injuries and deaths. 

Provisions · 2 sectionsEngrossed in House
Timeline · 10 actions
May 7, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 6, 2024
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 6, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules.
May 6, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7527.
May 6, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
May 6, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 7, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 7, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced in House
Mar 5, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.