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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 5163 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5163

   To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of 
 bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a 
fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or 
   exceed each on-time mail delivery target, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2026

 Mr. Hawley (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of 
 bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a 
fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or 
   exceed each on-time mail delivery target, 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 ``No Bonuses for Bad Service Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION OF BONUSES FOR POSTMASTER GENERAL.

    (a) Bonus Prerequisites.--Section 202 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The Governors shall not approve any bonus, 
        award, or other monetary compensation beyond basic pay for the 
        Postmaster General for any fiscal year in which the Postal 
        Service does not meet or exceed a 95 percent on-time delivery 
        performance for each on-time delivery target set for a market-
        dominant product category.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The Governors shall not approve any bonus, 
        award, or other monetary compensation beyond basic pay for the 
        Deputy Postmaster General for any fiscal year in which the 
        Postal Service does not meet or exceed 95 percent on-time 
        delivery performance for each on-time delivery target set for a 
        market-dominant product category.''.
    (b) Report Submission.--Section 2804(a) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``and submitted to the Postal Regulatory 
Commission'' before the period.
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No Bonuses for Bad Service Act

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