Bills · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/28/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/3/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 402–16 on March 3, 2025 (Roll Call 55 →). Received in the Senate on March 4, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 3/3/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic208 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Republican194 Yea · 16 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025

This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations to mandate collecting, tracking, and publicly reporting information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.

The bill also requires (1) Postal Service employees and contractors to report within three days any traffic crash involving a vehicle used in the transportation of mail and resulting in injury or death, (2) the Postal Service to maintain an internal database that includes comprehensive information related to such injuries and deaths, and (3) the Postal Service to provide an annual report to the public summarizing such injuries and deaths.

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Sponsor
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly ( Democrat · VA-11)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
1/28/25
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (11)
  1. 1/28/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/28/25Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  3. 3/3/25Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  4. 3/3/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H933-935)
  5. 3/3/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 758.
  6. 3/3/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  7. 3/3/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H938-939)
  8. 3/3/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 16 (Roll no. 55). (text: CR H933-934)
  9. 3/3/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 16 (Roll no. 55). (text: CR H933-934)
  10. 3/3/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. 3/4/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.