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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1006 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to lower the maximum rate of 
compensation for United States Postal Service employees, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2013 
Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia (for himself and Mr. MICHAUD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to lower the max-
imum rate of compensation for United States Postal 
Service employees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Executive Ac-
countability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE PAY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—Section 1003 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking the last sen-
tence; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an officer or em-
ployee of the Postal Service may not be paid at a rate 
of basic pay that exceeds the rate of basic pay for level 
II of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 
5. 
‘‘(2) Not more than 6 officers or employees of the 
Postal Service that are in very senior executive positions, 
as determined by the Board of Governors, may be paid 
at a rate of basic pay that does not exceed the rate of 
basic pay for level I of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5312 of title 5. 
‘‘(3) For any fiscal year, an officer or employee of 
the Postal Service who is in a very senior executive posi-
tion, as designated under paragraph (2), may not receive 
fringe benefits (within the meaning given that term under 
section 1005(f)) that are greater than the fringe benefits 
received by supervisory and other managerial personnel 
who are not subject to collective-bargaining agreements 
under chapter 12.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON BONUSES.—Section 3686 of title 
39, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
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(1) In subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the authority granted 
under this section and except as provided under sec-
tion 1003(e), no officer or employee of the Postal 
Service shall be paid compensation at a rate in ex-
cess of the rate for level II of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5312 of title 5.’’. 
(2) Subsections (b) and (c) are repealed. 
(3) In subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘which would not have 
been allowable but for the provisions of 
subsection (b) or (c);’’; and 
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3). 
Æ 
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