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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7015 

To provide financial stability to the United States Postal Service during 

the coronavirus pandemic, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2020 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. KING of New 

York, and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the 

Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide financial stability to the United States Postal 

Service during the coronavirus pandemic, 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 ‘‘Postal Preservation 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR POSTAL SERVICE IN RE2 SPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2020— 

6 (1) for an additional payment for ‘‘United 

7 States Postal Service—Payment to the Postal Serv8 ice Fund’’, $25,000,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2022, to the Postal Service 

10 Fund for revenue forgone due to coronavirus; and 

11 (2) for an additional amount for ‘‘United States 

12 Postal Service—Office of Inspector General—Sala13 ries and Expenses’’, $15,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and re15 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally. 

16 (b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amounts ap17 propriated by subsection (a) are designated by the Con18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be avail21 able only if the President subsequently so designates all 

22 such amounts and transmits such designations to the Con23 gress. 


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1 SEC. 3. USPS SERVICES AND OVERSIGHT DURING 

2 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 

3 (a) PRIORITIZATION OF SERVICES.—During the 

4 coronavirus pandemic, the United States Postal Service 

5 shall prioritize the purchase of, and make available to all 

6 Postal Service employees and facilities, personal protective 

7 equipment, including gloves, masks, and sanitizers, and 

8 shall conduct additional cleaning and sanitizing of Postal 

9 Service facilities and delivery vehicles. 

10 (b) OVERSIGHT.—The Inspector General of the 

11 United States Postal Service shall— 

12 (1) conduct oversight, audits, and investigations 

13 of projects and activities carried out with funds pro14 vided in this Act to the United States Postal Serv15 ice; and 

16 (2) not less than 90 days after the Postal Serv17 ice commences use of funding provided by this Act, 

18 and annually thereafter, initiate an audit of the 

19 Postal Service’s use of appropriations provided by 

20 this Act, including the use of funds to cover lost rev21 enues, costs due to COVID–19, and expenditures, 

22 and submit a copy of such audit to the Committee 

23 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

24 the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

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1 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa2 tives and the Senate. 

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