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Requires the Postal Service to create a public process for state, local, and Tribal governments to request ZIP code changes, and sets up a seven-year pilot letting those governments pay the net costs behind a request.

Official title: CIPZIP Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 18-NOV-2025
Referred 18-NOV-2025
Approved by committee 06-AUG-2026
Reported 14-SEP-2026
On the calendar 14-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Postal Service, within 180 days of enactment, to publish an administrative process for requests to change existing ZIP code boundaries or create new ZIP codes.
  • Requires written reasons for any denial, including whether cost was a factor and the estimated cost, and a designated point of contact for each request.
  • Bars resubmitting an identical or substantially similar request for 5 years after a denial, but allows one appeal filed within 45 days of the denial.
  • Creates a pilot program, ending 7 years after enactment, in which a government may pay the net costs of its request, and the Postal Service must grant a request when cost is the only reason for denial and the offered agreement covers it.
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Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor James Lankford (R-OK) Cosponsors · 1
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1 Republican