Nevada Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen and Republican Congressman Mark Amodei have come together in an attempt to thwart USPS plans to move outgoing mail processing to Sacramento.
According to a release from Senator Rosen's office, the pair have introduced bipartisan legislation in both chambers of Congress to stop the U.S. Postal Service from going forward with the move.
The bill would prevent the closure, consolidation, or downsizing, of a Processing & Distribution Center if the Postal Service has already failed to meet its on-time delivery standards, as the statement claims it has in Reno.
It would only allow changes to proceed if USPS receives an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission that finds that proposed changes would not negatively impact mail delivery service standards and performance measures, taking into account factors like geography, including mountain passes.
The bill also would allow the public to appeal proposed USPS closures, consolidations, and downsizing and prevent such decisions from moving forward until the appeal is heard and ruled on.
