Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that 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.

Highlights:

• 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 (Sec. 2).

• Requires that the postal service does the following, including that (Sec. 2):

• Postal Service employees and contractors to report within 3 days any traffic crash involving a vehicle used in the transportation of mail and resulting in injury or death;

• The Postal Service to maintain an internal database that includes comprehensive information related to such injuries and deaths; and

• The Postal Service provides an annual report summarizing such injuries and deaths.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the President (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text