Delivering for America Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4527 To maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the COVID–19 health emergency, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 13, 2020 Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Delivering for America 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROMPT AND RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICES DURING 6 COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 (1) the term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer- 9 gency’’ means the public health emergency declared 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Aug 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4527.IS S4527 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4527 IS by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 1 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 2 (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect 3 to COVID–19, including any renewal of that dec- 4 laration; and 5 (2) the term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means the United 6 States Postal Service. 7 (b) REQUIREMENT.—During the period beginning on 8 the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the last 9 day of the COVID–19 public health emergency or January 10 1, 2021, whichever is later, the Postal Service may not 11 implement or approve any change to the operations of the 12 Postal Service within the statutory discretion of the Postal 13 Service, or to the level of service provided by the Postal 14 Service, relative to the operations and level of service, re- 15 spectively, in effect on January 1, 2020, that would im- 16 pede prompt, reliable, and efficient services, including any 17 of the following changes: 18 (1) Any change in the nature of postal services 19 that will generally affect service on a nationwide or 20 substantially nationwide basis. 21 (2) Any revision of service standards. 22 (3) Any closure or consolidation, or reduction of 23 operating hours, of any post office. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Aug 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4527.IS S4527 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4527 IS (4) Any prohibition on payment of overtime pay 1 to officers or employees of the Postal Service. 2 (5) Any change that would prevent the Postal 3 Service from meeting its service standards or cause 4 a decline in measurements of performance relative to 5 those service standards. 6 (6) Any change that would have the effect of 7 delaying mail, allowing for the non-delivery of mail 8 to a delivery route, or increasing the volume of unde- 9 livered mail. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Aug 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4527.IS S4527 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS