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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2098 
To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional rate authority, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. TENNEY, 
Ms. CRAIG, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 
COLE, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. LAWLER, and Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional 
rate authority, 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 ‘‘Deliver for Democracy 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RATE AUTHORITY FOR PERIODICALS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 
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amend section 3030.222 of title 39, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, to provide that, for any fiscal year ending after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
not authorize the United States Postal Service any addi-
tional rate authority with respect to periodicals under that 
section for the following fiscal year, unless the Commission 
determines that the United States Postal Service 
achieved— 
(1) a 95 percent on-time delivery performance 
for periodicals during the fiscal year of the deter-
mination, as measured by the service standards in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(2) an increase in the on-time delivery perform-
ance for periodicals during the fiscal year of the de-
termination, as measured by the service standards in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, of not 
less than 2 percentage points, as compared to the 
on-time delivery performance percentage in the fiscal 
year before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this Act in which the on-time delivery performance 
percentage is the highest measured, as measured by 
such service standards. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 
and (d), the Postmaster General shall submit to the 
Postal Regulatory Commission and make publicly 
available an annual report on the progress of the 
United States Postal Service in including in the peri-
odical service performance measurements of the 
Postal Service on-time performance data for in-coun-
ty and out-of-county newspaper mail that is entered 
and accepted at each delivery unit for delivery. 
(2) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In carrying out the 
report requirement under paragraph (1), the Post-
master General shall solicit feedback from relevant 
stakeholders. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 
If the relevant information is not available for each indi-
vidually addressed piece of mail for purposes of a report 
required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission, in consultation with the Postmaster General, 
shall develop a system for generating service performance 
data for use in the report by producing digital information 
for relevant mail bundles. 
(c) TERMINATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The 
Postmaster General shall submit and make publicly avail-
able the report described in subsection (a) annually until 
the date on which the Postal Regulatory Commission de-
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termines that the United States Postal Service has incor-
porated the categories of mail described in subsection (a), 
or any other relevant mail categories used in the report 
in accordance with subsection (d), into the existing appli-
cable service performance measurements. 
(d) PROXY INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the Postal Regulatory 
Commission and the Postmaster General jointly de-
termine that identifying newspaper mail within the 
periodicals mail category is not practicable for pur-
poses of a report under subsection (a), the Postal 
Regulatory Commission may determine what infor-
mation with respect to the closest relevant mail cat-
egory the Postmaster General may use in the report. 
(2) PUBLIC REPORT ON DETERMINATION.—If 
the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Post-
master General make the determination described in 
paragraph (1), the Postal Regulatory Commission 
and the Postmaster General shall make publicly 
available a report describing the process and ration-
ale for the determination, including a description 
of— 
(A) the potential costs for the United 
States Postal Service and applicable businesses 
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resulting from the report requirement under 
subsection (a); 
(B) the ability of the Postmaster General 
to ascertain accurate results for inclusion in the 
report under subsection (a); and 
(C) any other factor contributing to the 
determination. 
SEC. 4. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of alternative pricing schemes 
and other options for the United States Postal Service 
that would improve the financial position of periodicals 
and other products that do not cover their costs and evalu-
ate the potential impact of such alternative pricing 
schemes and other options. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
of Representatives a report on the study conducted under 
subsection (a). 
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