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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9078 

To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional rate authority, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. 

CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DAVIS

of North Carolina, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. CARL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional 

rate authority, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deliver for Democracy 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RATE AUTHORITY FOR PERIODICALS. 

7 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 


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1 amend section 3030.222 of title 39, Code of Federal Regu2 lations, to provide that, for any fiscal year ending after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

4 not authorize the United States Postal Service any addi5 tional rate authority with respect to periodicals under that 

6 section for the following fiscal year, unless the Commission 

7 determines that the United States Postal Service 

8 achieved— 

9 (1) a 95 percent on-time delivery performance 

10 for periodicals during the fiscal year of the deter11 mination, as measured by the service standards in 

12 effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or 

13 (2) an increase in the on-time delivery perform14 ance for periodicals during the fiscal year of the de15 termination, as measured by the service standards in 

16 effect on the date of enactment of this Act, of not 

17 less than 2 percentage points, as compared to the 

18 on-time delivery performance percentage in the fiscal 

19 year before, on, or after the date of enactment of 

20 this Act in which the on-time delivery performance 

21 percentage is the highest measured, as measured by 

22 such service standards. 

23 SEC. 3. ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. 

24 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 

2 and (d), the Postmaster General shall submit to the 

3 Postal Regulatory Commission and make publicly 

4 available an annual report on the progress of the 

5 United States Postal Service in including in the peri6 odical service performance measurements of the 

7 Postal Service on-time performance data for in-coun8 ty and out-of-county newspaper mail that is entered 

9 and accepted at each delivery unit for delivery. 

10 (2) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In carrying out the 

11 report requirement under paragraph (1), the Post12 master General shall solicit feedback from relevant 

13 stakeholders. 

14 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 

15 If the relevant information is not available for each indi16 vidually addressed piece of mail for purposes of a report 

17 required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Com18 mission, in consultation with the Postmaster General, 

19 shall develop a system for generating service performance 

20 data for use in the report by producing digital information 

21 for relevant mail bundles. 

22 (c) TERMINATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The 

23 Postmaster General shall submit and make publicly avail24 able the report described in subsection (a) annually until 

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1 termines that the United States Postal Service has incor2 porated the categories of mail described in subsection (a), 

3 or any other relevant mail categories used in the report 

4 in accordance with subsection (d), into the existing appli5 cable service performance measurements. 

6 (d) PROXY INFORMATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Postal Regulatory 

8 Commission and the Postmaster General jointly de9 termine that identifying newspaper mail within the 

10 periodicals mail category is not practicable for pur11 poses of a report under subsection (a), the Postal 

12 Regulatory Commission may determine what infor13 mation with respect to the closest relevant mail cat14 egory the Postmaster General may use in the report. 

15 (2) PUBLIC REPORT ON DETERMINATION.—If 

16 the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Post17 master General make the determination described in 

18 paragraph (1), the Postal Regulatory Commission 

19 and the Postmaster General shall make publicly 

20 available a report describing the process and ration21 ale for the determination, including a description 

22 of— 

23 (A) the potential costs for the United 

24 States Postal Service and applicable businesses 


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1 resulting from the report requirement under 

2 subsection (a); 

3 (B) the ability of the Postmaster General 

4 to ascertain accurate results for inclusion in the 

5 report under subsection (a); and 

6 (C) any other factor contributing to the 

7 determination. 

8 SEC. 4. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 

9 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

10 States shall conduct a study of alternative pricing schemes 

11 and other options for the United States Postal Service 

12 that would improve the financial position of periodicals 

13 and other products that do not cover their costs and evalu14 ate the potential impact of such alternative pricing 

15 schemes and other options. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

18 United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

19 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

20 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

21 of Representatives a report on the study conducted under 

22 subsection (a). 

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