Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act or the POSTAL Act.
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Processing and distribution center
The term processing and distribution center means a central mail facility that—
(A) distributes and dispatches part or all of both incoming mail and outgoing mail for a designated service area;
(B) provides instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and sorting plan requirements to mailers; and
(C) is a sectional center facility, a general mail facility, or a dedicated mail processing facility without a station or branch.
(2) State
The term State means a State or the District of Columbia.
(b) Limitation
The United States Postal Service may not close, consolidate, downgrade, or take any other similar action with respect to a processing and distribution center in a State if such action would result in there being no processing and distribution center located in that State.