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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8109 
To clarify and increase the restrictions on political activities that are applica-
ble to the members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, including 
the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 25, 2020 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To clarify and increase the restrictions on political activities 
that are applicable to the members of the Postal Service 
Board of Governors, including the Postmaster General 
and the Deputy Postmaster General, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Nonpartisan Post-
master General Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. POSTAL SERVICE OFFICERS’ POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
LIMITED. 
(a) HATCH ACT OFFICER APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 410 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) For the purposes of applying subchapter III of 
chapter 73 of title 5, and any regulations thereunder, to 
the Postal Service pursuant to subsection (b)(1), the fol-
lowing are deemed to be employees of the Postal Service: 
‘‘(1) The Postmaster General. 
‘‘(2) The Deputy Postmaster General. 
‘‘(3) Any individual holding a position in the 
Postal Service to which such individual was ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, including a Governor ap-
pointed under section 202.’’. 
(2) FURTHER RESTRICTED EMPLOYEES.—Sec-
tion 7323(b)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in clause (i)(XIV), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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‘‘(iii) a person holding a position described in 
section 410(e) of title 39.’’. 
(b) POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF BOARD MEMBERS.— 
Section 202 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Governors shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) The Governors shall’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Governors may appoint as the Post-
master General only an individual who has not held 
a political position at any time during the 4-year pe-
riod ending on the date on which such individual is 
so appointed.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Governors and the 
Postmaster General shall’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
The Governors and the Postmaster General 
shall’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Governors and the Postmaster Gen-
eral may appoint as the Deputy Postmaster General 
only an individual who has not held a political posi-
tion at any time during the 4-year period ending on 
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the date on which such individual is so appointed.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(f) While serving as a member of the Board, an indi-
vidual may not— 
‘‘(1) hold a political position; or 
‘‘(2) solicit funds for— 
‘‘(A) the campaign of a candidate for elec-
tion for a Federal, State, or local elected office; 
or 
‘‘(B) a Federal, State, or local political 
party (as defined in the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.)). 
‘‘(g) For purposes of this section, an individual holds 
a political position if such individual— 
‘‘(1) holds Federal, State, or local elected office; 
‘‘(2) files paperwork to be a candidate for elec-
tion for a Federal, State, or local elected office; or 
‘‘(3) is an officer, director, or employee of a 
Federal, State, or local political party (as defined in 
subsection (f)(2)(B)).’’. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, an 
amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 
provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 
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held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of the 
provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not 
be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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