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4	4	STSESSION S. 1002
5	5	To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional rate authority,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH12, 2025
9	9	Mr. W
10	10	ELCH(for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr.
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12	12	YDEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SANDERS, and Ms. BALDWIN)
13	13	introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
14	14	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional
17	17	rate authority, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deliver for Democracy 4
22	22	Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RATE AUTHORITY FOR PERIODICALS. 6
24	24	Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 7
25	25	of this Act, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 8
26	26	amend section 3030.222 of title 39, Code of Federal Regu-9
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30	30	lations, to provide that, for any fiscal year ending after 1
31	31	the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 2
32	32	not authorize the United States Postal Service any addi-3
33	33	tional rate authority with respect to periodicals under that 4
34	34	section for the following fiscal year, unless the Commission 5
35	35	determines that the United States Postal Service 6
36	36	achieved— 7
37	37	(1) a 95 percent on-time delivery performance 8
38	38	for periodicals during the fiscal year of the deter-9
39	39	mination, as measured by the service standards in 10
40	40	effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or 11
41	41	(2) an increase in the on-time delivery perform-12
42	42	ance for periodicals during the fiscal year of the de-13
43	43	termination, as measured by the service standards in 14
44	44	effect on the date of enactment of this Act, of not 15
45	45	less than 2 percentage points, as compared to the 16
46	46	on-time delivery performance percentage in the fiscal 17
47	47	year before, on, or after the date of enactment of 18
48	48	this Act in which the on-time delivery performance 19
49	49	percentage is the highest measured, as measured by 20
50	50	such service standards. 21
51	51	SEC. 3. ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. 22
52	52	(a) R
53	53	EPORTREQUIRED.— 23
54	54	(1) I
55	55	N GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 24
56	56	and (d), the Postmaster General shall submit to the 25
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60	60	Postal Regulatory Commission and make publicly 1
61	61	available an annual report on the progress of the 2
62	62	United States Postal Service in including in the peri-3
63	63	odical service performance measurements of the 4
64	64	Postal Service on-time performance data for in-coun-5
65	65	ty and out-of-county newspaper mail that is entered 6
66	66	and accepted at each delivery unit for delivery. 7
67	67	(2) S
68	68	TAKEHOLDER INPUT .—In carrying out the 8
69	69	report requirement under paragraph (1), the Post-9
70	70	master General shall solicit feedback from relevant 10
71	71	stakeholders. 11
72	72	(b) I
73	73	MPLEMENTATION OF REPORTREQUIREMENT.— 12
74	74	If the relevant information is not available for each indi-13
75	75	vidually-addressed piece of mail for purposes of a report 14
76	76	required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Com-15
77	77	mission, in consultation with the Postmaster General, 16
78	78	shall develop a system for generating service performance 17
79	79	data for use in the report by producing digital information 18
80	80	for relevant mail bundles. 19
81	81	(c) T
82	82	ERMINATION OFREPORTREQUIREMENT.—The 20
83	83	Postmaster General shall submit and make publicly avail-21
84	84	able the report described in subsection (a) annually until 22
85	85	the date on which the Postal Regulatory Commission de-23
86	86	termines that the United States Postal Service has incor-24
87	87	porated the categories of mail described in subsection (a), 25
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91	91	or any other relevant mail categories used in the report 1
92	92	in accordance with subsection (d), into the existing appli-2
93	93	cable service performance measurements. 3
94	94	(d) P
95	95	ROXYINFORMATION.— 4
96	96	(1) I
97	97	N GENERAL.—If the Postal Regulatory 5
98	98	Commission and the Postmaster General jointly de-6
99	99	termine that identifying newspaper mail within the 7
100	100	periodicals mail category is not practicable for pur-8
101	101	poses of a report under subsection (a), the Postal 9
102	102	Regulatory Commission may determine what infor-10
103	103	mation with respect to the closest relevant mail cat-11
104	104	egory the Postmaster General may use in the report. 12
105	105	(2) P
106	106	UBLIC REPORT ON DETERMINATION .—If 13
107	107	the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Post-14
108	108	master General make the determination described in 15
109	109	paragraph (1), the Postal Regulatory Commission 16
110	110	and the Postmaster General shall make publicly 17
111	111	available a report describing the process and ration-18
112	112	ale for the determination, including a description 19
113	113	of— 20
114	114	(A) the potential costs for the United 21
115	115	States Postal Service and applicable businesses 22
116	116	resulting from the report requirement under 23
117	117	subsection (a); 24
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121	121	(B) the ability of the Postmaster General 1
122	122	to ascertain accurate results for inclusion in the 2
123	123	report under subsection (a); and 3
124	124	(C) any other factor contributing to the 4
125	125	determination. 5
126	126	SEC. 4. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 6
127	127	(a) S
128	128	TUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 7
129	129	States shall conduct a study of alternative pricing schemes 8
130	130	and other options for the United States Postal Service 9
131	131	that would improve the financial position of periodicals 10
132	132	and other products that do not cover their costs and evalu-11
133	133	ate the potential impact of such alternative pricing 12
134	134	schemes and other options. 13
135	135	(b) R
136	136	EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 14
137	137	of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 15
138	138	United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 16
139	139	Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 17
140	140	Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 18
141	141	House of Representatives a report on the study conducted 19
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