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Recently introduced legislation would require that all Postal Service delivery vehicles have air conditioning.

The bill was introduced by Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and is known as the Peggy Frank Memorial Act (H.R. 1299). It is being introduced in honor of former Postal worker Peggy Frank who died in her mail delivery truck last year due to heat exhaustion.

According to the language of the bill, within 3 years of the date it becomes law, the Postal Service would have to outfit all vehicles with air conditioning that didn’t already have them. It would also require an annual report from the Postmaster General to Congress on the progress of installing A/C in the vehicles until all modifications are completed.

Cárdenas said in a statement: