Summary

Provides new funding and law‑enforcement tools to protect Postal Service workers and mail operations. It authorizes $1.4 billion per year (FY2026–FY2030) for USPS to install high‑security collection boxes and replace old universal ("arrow") mailbox keys with electronic locks; requires the Attorney General to designate an Assistant U.S. Attorney in every district to lead mail/Postal Service crime prosecutions; expresses that postal carriers must be protected and requests vigorous prosecution of assaults on postal employees; and directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase penalties so assault or robbery of a postal worker is treated like assault of a law‑enforcement officer (including dangerous conduct during immediate flight). The bill creates deadlines for implementation (AG must name district leads within one year; the Sentencing Commission must act by the first May 1 after the law’s first full year), directs how funds may be used, and imposes new federal prosecutorial and sentencing priorities for crimes against postal employees and operations.

Key Points

• Authorizes $1.4 billion annually (FY2026–FY2030) for USPS to upgrade collection boxes and adopt electronic mailbox keys.
• Declares that postal letter carriers must be protected and urges vigorous prosecution of assaults on postal employees.
• Requires the Attorney General to appoint an Assistant U.S. Attorney in every district to lead mail/Postal Service crime prosecutions within one year.
• Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to raise sentencing treatment for assault/robbery of postal workers to match assaults on law‑enforcement officers, including dangerous flight conduct.
• Deadlines: AG appointments within 1 year; Sentencing Commission rule change by the May 1 after the first full post‑enactment year.
• Creates a significant authorization of appropriations (up to $7 billion over 5 years if funds are appropriated).
• Increases federal prosecutorial and sentencing emphasis on crimes against postal personnel and property.
• Does not specify an explicit effective date or attach conditions to appropriation use beyond Postal Service determination.

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