I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6648 
To provide for the establishment of the Post Office Consumer Action Group, 
Incorporated. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2012 
Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of the Post Office Consumer 
Action Group, Incorporated. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Post Office Consumer Action Group Act’’ or the 
‘‘POCAG Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Establishment of Corporation; membership. 
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations and allotments of grants. 
Sec. 5. Duties, rights, and powers. 
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Sec. 6. Representation of citizens in proceedings. 
Sec. 7. Judicial review of decisions by public bodies; enforcement actions. 
Sec. 8. Representation of members in lawsuits. 
Sec. 9. Funding of the Corporation. 
Sec. 10. Prohibited acts. 
Sec. 11. Board of directors. 
Sec. 12. Duties of the board of directors. 
Sec. 13. Appointment of interim board of directors. 
Sec. 14. Delegates. 
Sec. 15. Duties of delegates. 
Sec. 16. Election of delegates and directors. 
Sec. 17. Qualifications of candidates. 
Sec. 18. Nomination. 
Sec. 19. Statement of financial interests. 
Sec. 20. Statement of personal background and positions. 
Sec. 21. Statement of platform. 
Sec. 22. Restrictions on and reporting of campaign contributions and expendi-
tures. 
Sec. 23. Election procedures for delegates. 
Sec. 24. Election procedures for directors. 
Sec. 25. Installation of elected candidates. 
Sec. 26. Recall of directors. 
Sec. 27. Vacancies on the board of directors. 
Sec. 28. Recall of delegates. 
Sec. 29. Vacancies of delegates. 
Sec. 30. Annual meetings of delegates. 
Sec. 31. Officers. 
Sec. 32. Executive director. 
Sec. 33. Relationship to existing law and policy. 
Sec. 34. Corrupt practices and conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 35. Penalties. 
Sec. 36. Construction. 
Sec. 37. Severability. 
Sec. 38. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Individual action by residential postal users 
for the purposes of participating in postal matters 
and communicating their views is rendered impracti-
cable by reason of the disproportionate expense of 
taking such action. 
(2) Such participation and representation can 
best be secured by the creation of a permanent, not- 
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for-profit organization which is under the democratic 
control of its membership, solely responsive to that 
membership’s goals, and funded by voluntary con-
tributions. 
(3) The formation of such an entity by con-
sumers acting voluntarily is impeded because con-
sumers have neither the resources nor an efficient 
mechanism to contact all residential postal users, 
raise initial funds, and join such an entity. 
(4) In order to create such an entity, it is nec-
essary to establish a democratically structured orga-
nization and to provide for the dissemination, to all 
postal users, of information as to the formation and 
purposes of such organization and to provide an effi-
cient means for joining and contributing to such or-
ganization. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To assist in establishing adequate and af-
fordable postal service for all residential postal 
users. 
(2) To foster and encourage active citizen par-
ticipation in postal matters and to facilitate effective 
representation and advocacy of the interests of resi-
dential postal users before regulatory agencies, Con-
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gress, the courts, and other bodies; and, for these 
purposes, to create a permanent not-for-profit orga-
nization. 
(3) To create an efficient funding mechanism 
for the organization, involving no compulsory burden 
whatsoever on the taxpayers of the United States, 
whereby individual residential postal users and oth-
ers may voluntarily contribute to the organization. 
(4) To ensure that public policies affecting the 
provision, quality, and cost of postal services fairly 
reflect the needs and concerns of those users. 
(5) To ensure universal, equal, and adequate 
access to postal services for all residents of the 
United States. 
(6) To ensure that the Postal Service provides 
the highest quality services and products that it can 
to its customers. 
(7) To ensure that the Postal Service adapts to, 
and adopts when appropriate, new technologies to 
meet new customer needs. 
(8) To ensure that the Postal Service remains 
responsive to its customers. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPORATION; MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a not-for- 
profit corporation to be known as the ‘‘Post Office Con-
sumer Action Group, Incorporated’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the Corpora-
tion shall consist of all individuals of 16 years of age or 
older who have contributed to the Corporation at least an 
annual membership fee at such times as shall be set by 
the board of directors. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOT-
MENTS OF GRANTS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Cor-
poration, for the purpose of establishing the Corporation, 
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. DUTIES, RIGHTS, AND POWERS. 
(a) DUTIES.—The Corporation shall have the fol-
lowing duties: 
(1) Represent and promote the interests of indi-
vidual residential postal users. 
(2) Inform, insofar as possible, all residential 
postal users about the Corporation, including the 
procedure for obtaining membership in the Corpora-
tion. 
(3) Establish an annual membership fee which 
shall be set at a level that provides sufficient fund-
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ing for the Corporation to effectively perform its 
powers and duties, and is affordable for as many 
residential postal users as is possible, but not less 
than $10. 
(4) Have all rights and powers accorded gen-
erally to, and be subject to all duties imposed gen-
erally upon, not-for-profit membership corporations 
under the laws of the United States and the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) RIGHTS AND POWERS.—The Corporation shall 
have, in addition to those referred to in subsection (a)(4), 
the following rights and powers: 
(1) To solicit and accept gifts, loans, grants, or 
other aid, in order to support activities concerning 
the interests of residential postal users, except that 
the Corporation may not accept gifts, loans, or other 
aid from the Postal Service or from any governor, 
employee, or agent, or member of the immediate 
family of a governor, employee, or agent, of the 
Postal Service. 
(2) To seek tax-exempt status under Federal 
law and the laws of the District of Columbia. 
(3) To conduct, support, and assist research, 
surveys, investigations, planning activities, con-
ferences, demonstration projects, individual coun-
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seling of postal users, and public information activi-
ties concerning the interests of individual residential 
postal users. 
(4) To contract for services which cannot rea-
sonably be performed by its employees. 
(5) To represent the interests of individual resi-
dential postal users before the Postal Service, the 
Postal Regulatory Commission, Congress, State leg-
islatures, Federal and State courts, and other agen-
cies. 
(6) To transmit complaints by individual postal 
users concerning the Postal Service and private post-
al delivery services to the Postal Service and other 
appropriate agencies. Any such agency shall prompt-
ly inform the Corporation of its response to such 
complaints. 
(7) To initiate, to intervene as a party, to main-
tain, or to otherwise participate on behalf of residen-
tial postal users in any proceeding which affects the 
interests of residential postal users. 
(c) INCIDENTAL POWERS.—The Corporation shall 
have, in addition to the rights and powers enumerated in 
this Act, such other incidental powers as are reasonably 
necessary for the effective representation of the interests 
of individual residential postal users. 
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(d) RESTRICTIONS.—The Corporation may not spon-
sor, endorse, or otherwise support, nor may it oppose, any 
political party or candidacy of any person for public office. 
SEC. 6. REPRESENTATION OF CITIZENS IN PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION OF IMPENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
The Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
and other agencies which regulate postal rates or services, 
shall notify or cause advance notice to be given to the Cor-
poration as to the time, place, and subject of each formal 
proceeding of the agency, in which the Corporation may 
be eligible to participate. The agency shall notify or cause 
notice to be given to the Corporation at least 30 days be-
fore the scheduled date of such proceeding or within 5 
days after the date and calendar for such proceeding is 
fixed, whichever is later. In addition, the agency shall give 
notice or cause notice to be given within 5 days to the 
Corporation of any filed statement proposing to modify or 
increase rates, services, schedule of rates or any other rat-
ing rule or to adopt or amend any rate or service rule 
or regulations. 
(b) INTERVENTION
AND PARTICIPATION
IN PRO-
CEEDINGS.— 
(1) The Corporation may as a matter of right 
intervene or otherwise participate in any proceeding 
of the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Com-
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mission, or other agency which the Corporation rea-
sonably determines would affect the interests of indi-
vidual residential postal users. 
(2) The intervention or other participation of 
the Corporation in any such proceeding will not af-
fect the obligation of the Postal Service, the Postal 
Regulatory Commission, or other agency to operate 
in the public interest. 
(c) CONDUCT OF THE PROCEEDING.—When the Cor-
poration intervenes or otherwise participates in a pro-
ceeding of the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission, or other agency, it shall be subject to all laws 
and rules of procedure generally applicable to the conduct 
of the proceeding and the rights of interveners and partici-
pants. The Corporation shall have the same rights regard-
ing representation by counsel, participation in prehearing 
conferences, discovery, requests for issuance of subpoenas 
by the agency, stipulation of facts, presentation and cross- 
examination of witnesses, oral and written arguments, 
participation in settlement negotiations, and other aspects 
of the proceeding as are accorded to other interveners 
under the laws of the United States or, in instances in 
which a proceeding is held by State or local public body, 
under the laws of that State or locality, except as other-
wise provided in this Act. 
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SEC. 7. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DECISIONS BY PUBLIC BOD-
IES; ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 
The Corporation shall be deemed to have an interest 
sufficient to maintain, intervene as of right in, or other-
wise participate in, any civil action, proceeding, or appeal 
for the review or enforcement of any decision by the Postal 
Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, or other pub-
lic body, which the Corporation determines would substan-
tially affect the interests of individual residential postal 
users. 
SEC. 8. REPRESENTATION OF MEMBERS IN LAWSUITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Board or Executive Direc-
tor reasonably determines that bringing a civil action 
against the Postal Service on behalf of any member or 
group would further the general purposes of this Act, the 
Corporation shall provide the legal services necessary and 
the expert witness services reasonably appropriate for 
prosecution of the action. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—Any member 
who receives money due to a settlement or judgment at-
tained with assistance in litigation provided by the Cor-
poration as described in subsection (a) shall reimburse the 
Corporation for its expenses in the prosecution of the ac-
tion, except that such reimbursement may not exceed 10 
percent of the money received by the member. 
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SEC. 9. FUNDING OF THE CORPORATION. 
(a) CORPORATION STATEMENTS.—The Corporation 
may prepare a statement concerning the organization and 
activities of the Corporation, including the purpose, his-
tory, nature, structure, and achievements of the Corpora-
tion, and other matters which may affect the interests of 
individual residential postal users. The statement— 
(1) shall indicate that the statement is not con-
nected to the Postal Service or any governmental 
agency; 
(2) shall indicate the procedure for becoming a 
member of the Corporation; and 
(3) shall not contain an individual postal ad-
dress. 
(b) OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE STATEMENT.— 
The Corporation shall furnish each such statement to the 
Postal Service, which will then print a quantity of the 
statements sufficient to provide one copy for every residen-
tial postal address. Each such statement shall weigh no 
more than 1 ounce. Within 7 days of its receipt, the Postal 
Service shall, if it believes the statement to be false or 
misleading, have the opportunity to challenge the contents 
of the statement. Should the Postal Service challenge the 
statement, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall ap-
prove or deny the challenged content after reviewing the 
statement and the basis of the Postal Service’s challenge. 
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The Commission shall approve the statement if it deter-
mines that the enclosure (1) is not false and misleading, 
and (2) contains and is limited to the information per-
mitted by paragraph (1). The Commission shall be deemed 
to have approved the statement unless it disapproves of 
the statement within 15 days of receipt. 
(c) MAILING REQUIREMENT.—The Postal Service 
shall, subject to subsection (d), deliver to each individual 
post office or postal facility in the United States, a quan-
tity of the mailings, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), 
which approximately equals the number of residential ad-
dressees in the region served by the postal facility. Indi-
vidual post offices and postal facilities shall deliver such 
mailings to every residential address in their district dur-
ing regular delivery rounds. 
(d) ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE.—The Postal Service 
may implement a procedure for distributing such mailings 
other than the procedure specified in subsection (c), unless 
such other procedure would be more costly to the Corpora-
tion or would be a slower or otherwise less efficient means 
of distributing such mailings. 
(e) TIMING.—The Postal Service shall be required to 
distribute such mailings within 60 days of the date on 
which the statement is given to the Postal Service by the 
Corporation. 
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(f) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—The Postal Service 
shall not be required to deliver more than 4 such mailings 
pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) per fiscal year. This 
provision shall not affect the obligation of the Postal Serv-
ice to deliver any mailings for the Corporation for which 
the Corporation pays postage fees. 
(g) COSTS.—The Postal Service shall bear all costs 
incurred in distributing mailings pursuant to subsections 
(c) and (d). 
(h) DISPUTE RESOLUTION.—Any disputes arising 
from the operations of subsections (a) through (g) shall 
be resolved by negotiations between the Corporation and 
the Postal Service if possible, or by the Postal Regulatory 
Commission. Neither the Postal Service nor the Corpora-
tion may fail to comply with the provisions of this Act 
by reason of such a dispute. 
(i) CONTRIBUTIONS.—An individual may contribute 
to the Corporation by sending a payment to any office of 
the Corporation. Such individual may list the names of 
additional contributors in such individual’s household who 
are 16 years of age or older and the amount each has 
contributed. 
(j) COLLECTION METHODS.—The Corporation may 
establish an online system through which it can collect 
contributions from its members or other individuals. This 
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subsection shall not be construed to limit other means 
through which the Corporation may collect funds. 
(k) SOLICITATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—The Corporation may, at its discretion, solicit ad-
ditional contributions from its members via email or other 
digital or electronic means. This subsection shall not be 
construed to limit other means through which the Cor-
poration may collect funds. 
SEC. 10. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
(a) RETRIBUTION.—No official or employee of the 
Postal Service, or any other public official or employee or 
officer, or any employee or agent of any private mail deliv-
ery service may interfere or threaten to interfere with or 
cause any interference with mail delivery to, or penalize 
or threaten to penalize or cause to be penalized, any per-
son who contributes to the Corporation or participates in 
any of its activities, in retribution for such contribution 
or participation. 
(b) INTERFERENCE ETC.—No official or employee of 
the Postal Service, or any other public official or employee 
or officer, or employee or agent of any private postal deliv-
ery service may prevent, interfere with, or hinder the ac-
tivities described in this Act. 
(c) LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.—No person shall use 
any list of contributors to the Corporation, nor any part 
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of such list, for purposes other than the conduct of busi-
ness of the Corporation as prescribed in this Act. No per-
son shall disclose any such list or part thereof to any other 
person unless the person has substantial reason to believe 
that such list or part thereof is intended to be used for 
the lawful purposes described in this Act. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person who violates subsection 
(a), (b), or (c) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not 
more than $10,000 for each violation. 
SEC. 11. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The affairs of the Corporation 
shall be managed by a board of directors. There shall be 
21 directors. 
(b) TERMS.—The term of office of elected directors 
shall be 3 years and no member shall serve more than 
2 consecutive terms. One-third of the directors first elect-
ed to the board shall serve a 1-year term; one-third of such 
directors shall serve a 2-year term; and one-third of such 
directors shall serve a full 3-year term. The directors shall 
draw lots upon their installation in office to determine the 
length of their first terms. The term of office of directors 
appointed pursuant to this Act shall end when the first 
elected directors are installed in office. 
(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Directors shall meet the 
qualifications for delegates set forth in this Act. 
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(d) COMPENSATION.—The directors shall serve with-
out salary, but each director may be entitled to reimburse-
ment for actual and necessary expenses. The board of di-
rectors shall establish standard allowances for mileage, 
room, and meals and the purposes for which such allow-
ances may be made and shall determine the reasonable-
ness and necessity for such reimbursements. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS.—No director nor members of his 
or her immediate family shall, either directly or indirectly, 
be employed for compensation as a staff member or con-
sultant of the Corporation. 
(f) BONDING REQUIREMENT.—Any director who 
shall handle, disburse, or receive money on behalf of the 
Corporation shall be bonded. Such bond shall be a cost 
to the Corporation. 
(g) DUTY
OF
REPRESENTATION.—Each director 
shall represent the interests of residential postal users of 
the United States. 
(h) VOTING.—Each director shall have one vote of 
the board of directors. 
(i) INSTALLATION OF DIRECTORS.—Elected directors 
shall be installed in office by the president of the outgoing 
board of directors. 
SEC. 12. DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
The board of directors shall have the following duties: 
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(1) To establish the policies of the Corporation 
regarding appearances before the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, other agencies, the courts, and other 
public bodies, and regarding the activities which the 
Corporation has the authority to perform under this 
Act. 
(2) To maintain up-to-date membership rolls, 
and to keep them in confidence to the extent re-
quired by this Act. 
(3) To keep minutes, books, and records, which 
shall reflect all the acts and transactions of the 
board of directors, and which shall be open to exam-
ination by any member during regular business 
hours. 
(4) To make all reports, studies, data per-
taining to the finances of the Corporation, and other 
information compiled by the Corporation, available 
for public inspection during regular business hours. 
(5) To maintain for inspection by membership 
quarterly statements of the financial and substantive 
operations of the Corporation. 
(6) To cause the Corporation’s books to be au-
dited by a certified public accountant at least once 
each fiscal year, and to make the audit available to 
the general public. 
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(7) To prepare, as soon as practicable after the 
close of the Corporation’s fiscal year, an annual re-
port of the Corporation’s financial and substantive 
operations to be made available for public inspection. 
(8) To report to the delegates on the past and 
projected activities and policies of the Corporation. 
(9) To employ an executive director and to di-
rect and supervise his or her activities. 
(10) To hold regular meetings at least once 
every 3 months on such dates and at such places as 
it may determine. Special meetings may be called by 
the president or by at least one-quarter of the direc-
tors upon at least 5 days’ notice. A majority of the 
directors shall constitute a quorum. All meetings of 
the board of directors and of its committees and 
subcommittees shall be open to the public. Complete 
minutes of the meetings shall be kept. 
(11) To carry out all other duties and respon-
sibilities imposed upon the Corporation and the 
board of directors by this Act. 
SEC. 13. APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM BOARD OF DIREC-
TORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President, the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
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of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the 
House of Representatives, and the majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate shall each appoint 2 interim direc-
tors of the Corporation to serve until a board of directors 
is first elected. The interim directors shall be installed in 
office by the President. If the Corporation fails to reach 
a membership of 50,000 persons, defined as individuals 
having contributed $10 or more to the Corporation, within 
3 years of the appointment of the complete interim board 
of directors, the Corporation shall be dissolved after hav-
ing satisfied its debts, liabilities, and obligations, to the 
extent possible, from funds made available to the Corpora-
tion. 
(b) MEMBER CRITERIA.—Individuals considered for 
appointment to the interim board shall have the same 
qualifications as candidates for the permanent board of 
directors pursuant to this Act, represent, to the extent 
possible, different regions of the United States, and rep-
resent categories of citizens’ organizations including— 
(1) consumer groups; 
(2) organizations representing low-income per-
sons; 
(3) labor unions; 
(4) civil rights groups; 
(5) neighborhood groups; and 
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(6) elderly groups. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To qualify for nomination or ap-
pointment as an interim director of the Corporation rep-
resenting a designated category of citizens’ organizations, 
an individual shall be an active officer, employee, or mem-
ber of a citizens’ organization within such category or pre-
viously have been an officer or employee of one or more 
such citizens’ organizations within such category for a cu-
mulative period of at least 2 years. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—The interim board of directors 
shall be subject to the following requirements: 
(1) Inform the residential postal users of the 
United States of the existence, nature, and purpose 
of the Corporation, and encourage residential postal 
users to join the Corporation’s activities and to con-
tribute to the Corporation. 
(2) As soon as possible after appointment, orga-
nize for the transaction of business. 
(3) Elect officers. 
(4) Employ such staff as the directors deem 
necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. 
(5) Make all necessary preparations for the first 
election of delegates and directors, oversee the elec-
tion campaign, and tally the votes. 
(6) Solicit funds for the Corporation. 
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(7) Establish the procedure for members of the 
Corporation to submit their votes in the election of 
delegates and for delegates to submit their votes in 
the election of directors. 
(8) Carry out all other duties and exercise all 
other powers accorded to the board of directors 
under this Act. 
SEC. 14. DELEGATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall elect one 
delegate from each congressional district in the United 
States, including the District of Columbia. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The delegates shall serve with-
out salary. 
(c) TERMS.—The term of office of delegates shall be 
2 years and no delegate shall serve more than 2 consecu-
tive terms. 
(d) RESTRICTION.—No delegate nor members of his 
or her immediate family shall, either directly or indirectly, 
be employed for compensation as a staff member or con-
sultant of the Corporation. 
(e) BONDING REQUIREMENT.—Any delegate who 
shall handle, disburse, or receive money on behalf of the 
Corporation shall be bonded. Such bond shall be a cost 
to the Corporation. 
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SEC. 15. DUTIES OF DELEGATES. 
The delegates shall have the following duties: 
(1) To publicize the activities of the Corpora-
tion in their districts. 
(2) To encourage members in their districts to 
participate in the Corporation’s programs and activi-
ties. 
(3) To act as a liaison between the board of di-
rectors and members in their districts. To transmit 
to the board of directors comments, writings, and 
suggestions concerning the Corporation from mem-
bers in their districts and to inform such members 
of the board’s response to their statements. 
(4) To vote at the annual meeting of delegates 
and at special meetings of delegates called by the 
board on matters involving basic changes in the poli-
cies and operations of the Corporation. A majority 
vote of the delegates shall be necessary to institute 
such changes. 
(5) To vote on other items submitted to dele-
gates by the board of directors at annual and special 
meetings. A majority vote of the delegates shall indi-
cate approval by the delegates of such items. 
(6) To carry out all other duties and exercise 
all other powers accorded to delegates under this 
Act. 
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SEC. 16. ELECTION OF DELEGATES AND DIRECTORS. 
(a) FIRST ELECTION OF DELEGATES.—Not more 
than 60 days after the membership of the Corporation has 
reached 50,000 persons, with at least 100 members in 
each district, and the Corporation has received $250,000 
in contributions, the interim board of directors shall set 
a date for the first election of delegates and shall notify 
every member by mail. The date set for the election shall 
be not less than 4 months nor more than 6 months after 
such notification. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS
OF DELEGATES.— 
Each general election of delegates other than the first elec-
tion shall be held not less than 11 months and not more 
than 14 months after the last preceding general election. 
The date of such elections shall be fixed at least 4 months 
in advance of the date chosen for the election. 
(c) PROCEDURES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES.— 
The interim board of directors, in accordance with this 
Act, shall establish the procedure for members of the Cor-
poration to submit their votes in the election of delegates 
and for delegates to submit their votes in the election of 
directors. All subsequent boards of directors will have the 
power to make changes to these procedures with a major-
ity vote. 
(d) FIRST ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Within 
11 months of the first election of delegates, the delegates 
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shall elect a board of directors, consisting of 21 members. 
Only delegates shall be eligible to run for the board of 
directors. Any delegate may nominate himself or herself 
or any other delegate for election to the board. 
(e) SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS.—Sub-
sequent elections of directors shall be held at not less than 
11 months and not more than 13 months after the last 
preceding general election. Elections may be held at the 
annual meeting of delegates if the elections would conform 
to the requirement of this subsection. 
SEC. 17. QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—No present employee, director, 
consultant, attorney, accountant, real estate agent, share-
holder, bondholder of the Postal Service or the Postal Reg-
ulatory Commission shall be eligible to be a delegate or 
director. No delegate or director nor any candidate for del-
egate or director may hold an elective public office or be 
a candidate for an elective public office or be appointed 
to hold a public office. 
(b) 
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
DELE-
GATES.—To be eligible for election as a delegate, a can-
didate must satisfy the following: 
(1) Meet the qualifications for candidates. 
(2) Submit a petition for nomination. 
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(3) Be a member of the Corporation and resi-
dent of the United States district which that indi-
vidual seeks to represent as a delegate. 
(4) Submit a statement of financial interest and 
a statement of personal background and position. 
(5) Affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the 
information contained in the statement of financial 
interest and personal background and position is 
true and complete. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DIRECTORS.— 
To be eligible for election to the board of directors a can-
didate must satisfy the following: 
(1) Meet the qualifications for candidates. 
(2) Be a member of the corporation and a dele-
gate. 
(3) Submit a petition for nomination. 
(4) Submit a statement of financial interest and 
personal background and position. 
(5) Affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the 
information contained in the statement of financial 
interest and personal background and position is 
true and complete. 
SEC. 18. NOMINATION. 
(a) LISTS
OF CURRENT MEMBERS.—The interim 
board of directors and every subsequent board of directors 
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shall make available for inspection by any member, upon 
request, a list of the current members in that member’s 
district. Pursuant to section 11, no person shall use any 
list of contributors to the Corporation, nor any part of 
such list, for purposes other than the conduct of business 
of the Corporation as prescribed in this Act. No person 
shall disclose any such list or part thereof to any other 
person unless the person has substantial reason to believe 
that such list or part thereof is intended to be used for 
the lawful purposes described in this Act. 
(b) CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATE.—A candidate for 
election as a delegate shall submit to the board, no later 
than 60 days prior to the election, a petition for nomina-
tion signed by at least 5 percent of the members residing 
in his or her district. Upon receipt of a member’s nomi-
nating petition, the board of directors shall certify that 
such member is a nominated candidate for delegate. 
(c) CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTOR.—A candidate for 
election as a director shall submit to the board, no later 
than 60 days prior to the election, a petition for nomina-
tion signed by at least 5 percent of the delegates. Upon 
receipt of a member’s nominating petition, the board of 
directors shall certify that such member is a nominated 
candidate for delegate. 
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SEC. 19. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS. 
A candidate for election as a delegate or director shall 
submit to the board of directors, not later than 60 days 
prior to the election, a statement of financial interests 
upon a form provided by the board of directors. The state-
ment of financial interests, which shall be open to public 
inspection, shall include the following information: 
(1) The occupation, employer, and position at 
place of employment of the candidate and of his or 
her immediate family members. 
(2) A list of all corporate and organizational di-
rectorships or other offices, and of all fiduciary posi-
tions held in the past 3 years by the candidate and 
by his or her immediate family members. 
(3) An affirmation, subject to penalty of per-
jury, that the information contained in the state-
ment of financial interests is true and complete. 
(4) Such other information as the board of di-
rectors shall require candidates to disclose, which 
disclosure is required of other public officials at the 
time, and shall be in the judgment of the board of 
directors in the best interests of the Corporation and 
its members. 
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