Bill · S. 1604· Senate(119-S-1604)
No RTO Act
- Introduced
- 5/6/2025
- Last activity
- 5/6/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- Josh Hawley
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the "No Regional Transportation Optimization Act" or the "No RTO Act". It aims to stop the United States Postal Service from carrying out the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative or similar plans. This prohibition happens if the Postal Regulatory Commission decides the initiative will negatively affect rural communities.
Yes
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?+8
Prevents the implementation of optimization plans that would negatively affect rural community mail services.
Would farmers be better off under this?+5
Protects essential postal service delivery in rural agricultural areas.
Does this invest in rural communities?+5
Protects postal services which are critical infrastructure for rural development.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Protection for rural communities: The bill prevents the implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization initiative if the Postal Regulatory Commission determines it will have a negative effect on rural areas (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for people are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Rural Residents+8Good For Farmers+5
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+5
- 5/6/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced in Senate