The "Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local Act," or POSTAL Act, seeks to impose a significant limitation on the United States Postal Service's ability to alter its infrastructure. Its primary goal is to prevent the closure, consolidation, or downgrading of any processing and distribution center if such an action would leave a State without any such facility. A processing and distribution center is defined as a central mail facility that handles both incoming and outgoing mail, provides instructions for mail preparation, and serves as a sectional center, general mail facility, or dedicated mail processing facility. This legislation ensures that each State, including the District of Columbia, maintains at least one operational postal processing hub.