Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
This bill directs $1.4 billion annually (2025-2029) to upgrade U.S. Postal Service mailboxes with high-security models and replace physical "arrow keys" with electronic locks, directly affecting postal carriers and mail collection points. It requires the Attorney General to appoint dedicated prosecutors in each judicial district to coordinate investigations and prosecutions of crimes against postal employees, including assaults or robberies. The bill also mandates the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend guidelines so that assaults or robberies against postal employees are treated with the same severity as assaults against law enforcement officers. These changes aim to enhance physical security, improve legal responses to violence, and increase penalties for attacks on postal workers.
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Feb 6, 2025
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Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Feb 6, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
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Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Andy Kim
DDemocratic
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Angela D. Alsobrooks
DDemocratic
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Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
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Charles E. Schumer
DDemocratic
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Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
Jeanne Shaheen
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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