A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code, to provide a civil action for damages against the United States and the U.S. Postal Service with respect to tortious conduct of the U.S. Postal Service in the delivery of mail matters.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Revises the prohibition against claims against the United States arising from loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission or mail to bar only those claims resulting from a postal strike, warfare, or natural disaster. Declares that a prima facie case and rebuttable presumption of negligence or wrongful act is established in a civil suit pursuing such a permitted claim wherein the length of the period for the transmission of any mail matter is a factor by showing that the time elapsed between the date of mailing and date of receipt of such matter is unreasonable.…