WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jack Bergman and Representative Nikki Budzinski of Illinois have introduced a bill to halt the consolidation of mail processing centers in underperforming postal districts.
The bipartisan Protect Postal Performance Act would bar the U.S. Postal Service from downsizing processing facilities in regions that fail to meet certain delivery targets. That includes 90.3 percent on-time delivery for three-to-five-day first-class mail and 93 percent on-time delivery for two-day first-class mail.
The U.P. and Northern Lower Michigan currently experience a 75.2 percent on-time delivery rate for three-to-five-day mail and a 91.2 percent on-time delivery rate for two-day mail.
