1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Postal Closures Act . 2. Postal facility closure and consolidations (a) Moratorium on closings and consolidations Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service may not close or consolidate any postal facility (as that term is defined in section 404(f)(5) of title 39, United States Code, as added by subsection (b)), or carry out any network rationalization activity, until the Postal Regulatory Commission has certified that the Postal Service has met the national service standards in accordance with the requirements of section 3. (b) Process for closing and consolidating processing facilities Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) (1) The Postal Service may not close or consolidate any postal facility without the approval of the Postal Regulatory Commission, as provided in this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, the term postal facility means a Postal Service facility that is primarily involved in the preparation, dispatch, or other physical processing of mail, but does not include— (A) any post office, station, or branch; or (B) any facility used only for administrative functions. (2) Before making a determination to close or consolidate any postal facility, the Postal Service shall conduct an area mail processing study with respect to the facility. Such study shall include— (A) a plan to reduce the capacity of the facility without closing the facility; (B) an analysis of the effect of the closure or consolidation on the ability of individuals served by the facility to vote by mail and the ability of the Postal Service to timely deliver ballots in elections for public office by mail in accordance with the deadline to return ballots established under applicable law; (C) an analysis of the effect of closure or consolidation on the— (i) ability of individuals served by the facility to receive medications and other crucial notices and market-dominant products