Delivering for America Act
This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from making changes to operations or levels of service from those that were in effect on January 1, 2020, establishes requirements for the processing of election mail, and provides additional funding for the Postal Service Fund.
(Sec. 2) Specifically, the USPS may not, during the period beginning on enactment of this bill and ending on the last day of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency or January 31, 2021, whichever is later, implement or approve any change to the operations or the level of service that would reduce service performance or impede prompt, reliable, and efficient services. Such changes include the following:
The USPS shall reverse any initiative or action that is causing delay in processing or delivery or non-delivery of mail.
With regard to election mail specifically, the bill (1) establishes USPS policy to postmark, with imprinted indicia of the date of receipt, all processed election mail; and (2) directs the USPS to ensure that election mail is processed and cleared from any postal facility on the same day it is received. The term election mail means voter registration materials, absentee and other mail-in applications and ballots, and other materials mailed by state or local election officials to individuals registered to vote in the election.
(Sec. 3) The bill appropriates $25 billion as an additional payment to the Postal Service Fund, of which $15 million shall be transferred to the USPS Office of Inspector General.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8015 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8015
To maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the COVID-19
health emergency, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 11, 2020
Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform
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A BILL
To maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the COVID-19
health emergency, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Delivering for America Act''.
SEC. 2. PROMPT AND RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
(a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act and ending on the last day of the COVID-19 public
health emergency or January 1, 2021, whichever is later, the United
States Postal Service may not implement or approve any change to the
operations or the level of service provided by the Postal Service from
those in effect on January 1, 2020, that would impede prompt, reliable,
and efficient services, including any of the following actions:
(1) Any change in the nature of postal services which will
generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially
nationwide basis.
(2) Any revision of service standards.
(3) Any closure or consolidation of any post office or
reduction of facility hours.
(4) Any prohibition on payment of overtime pay to Postal
Service officers or employees.
(5) Any change that would prevent the Postal Service from
meeting its service standards or cause a decline in
measurements of performance relative to those service
standards.
(6) Any change that would have the effect of delaying mail,
allowing for the non-delivery of mail to a delivery route, or
increasing the volume of undelivered mail.
(b) Definition of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.--In this Act,
the term ``COVID-19 public health emergency'' means the public health
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on
January 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1092 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8015 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Rule H. Res. 1092 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1092. (consideration: CR H4256-4298)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8015 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with two hour of debate on H.R. 8015.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Mr. Comer moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H4296)
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Comer motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add language to establish penalties for Postal Service employees who are found guilty of tampering with a Federal election.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 223 (Roll no. 181).
Roll Call #181 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 257 - 150 (Roll no. 182).
Roll Call #182 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 257 - 150 (Roll no. 182). (text: CR H4271)
Roll Call #182 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.