Referred in Senate

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 758 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 758

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT

    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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND INJURIES INVOLVING

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC CRASH DEATHS AND INJURIES INVOLVING
              VEHICLES TRANSPORTING MAIL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Postmaster General of the Postal Service shall issue
regulations to require the collection, tracking, and public reporting
of information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic
crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations shall
establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance with
the reporting requirements of this Act and may utilize existing
reporting mechanisms in use at the time of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reports on Crashes.--
            (1) Employees.--Any employee of the Postal Service engaged
        in the transportation of mail shall report to the Postal
        Service any traffic crash involving the vehicle the employee
        was operating during such transportation that resulted in
        injury or death not later than three days after such crash.
            (2) Contractors.--Any contractor (of any tier) of the
        Postal Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall
        report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involving the
        vehicle the contractor was operating during such transportation
        that resulted in injury or death not later than three days
        after such crash.
            (3) Contents.--Any report submitted under paragraph (1) or
        (2) shall include detailed information describing, at a
        minimum, the crash, including the date, time, location, nature
        of the crash, information identifying the contractor, number of
        injuries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the
        crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may be) shall
        update the report, in such form and manner as the Postal
        Service deems appropriate, to reflect any change in crash-
        caused injuries or fatalities.
            (4) Accommodations in event of injury.--The Postal Service
        shall provide for procedures under which reports may be
        submitted under this subsection under an alternative deadline
        in the event a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable
        to submit a report due to serious injury resulting from the
        applicable crash.
            (5) Standard form.--The Postmaster General shall create a
        standard form available to Postal Service employees and
        contractors for the purposes of submitting reports under this
        subsection.
    (c) Database.--
            (1) In general.--The Postal Service shall maintain a
        continuously updated internal digital database that includes
        comprehensive information related to deaths and injuries from
        traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.
            (2) Contents.--The database shall include any information
        provided by Postal Service employees and contractors under
        subsection (b).
    (d) Report.--
            (1) In general.--The Postal Service shall make available to
        the public an annual report summarizing information related to
        deaths and injuries from traffic crashes involving vehicles
        transporting mail.
            (2) Contents.--The report shall include aggregated
        statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance transparency and
        accountability.
            (3) Privacy.--Information in the report shall be made
        available to the public in a manner that does not personally
        identify any Postal Service employee, contractor, or any other
        individual.
    (e) Penalties.--Any Postal Service contractor who fails to report a
traffic crash within the deadline prescribed under subsection (b) shall
be subject to appropriate penalties as determined appropriate by the
Postal Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or
termination of contracts. The Postal Service may take into account the
severity of the applicable traffic crash and the frequency of
noncompliance with the requirements of this Act by the applicable
Postal Service contractor when determining which penalty to apply (if
any).
    (f) Crash Defined.--In this Act, the term ``crash''--
            (1) means an occurrence involving a commercial motor
        vehicle operating on a highway in interstate or intrastate
        commerce which results in--
                    (A) a fatality;
                    (B) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of
                the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away
                from the scene of the accident; or
                    (C) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling
                damage as a result of the accident, requiring at least
                one of the motor vehicle to be transported away from
                the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle; and
            (2) does not include--
                    (A) an occurrence involving only boarding and

alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or
                    (B) an occurrence involving only the loading or
                unloading of cargo.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.