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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7631 
To require the United States Postal Service to reimburse fees charged for 
the late payment of bills that were delayed in the mail, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2024 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, and Mr. CLEAVER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To require the United States Postal Service to reimburse 
fees charged for the late payment of bills that were 
delayed in the mail, 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 ‘‘Pony Up Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF FEES RESULTING FROM DELAYED DE-
LIVERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the United States Postal Service shall pay 
to a citizen assessed any fee or penalty for the late pay-
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prior to the date on which payment for the bill 
was due; and 
(C) in the case of a payment, the United 
States Postal Service received the mail con-
taining such payment not less than 5 days prior 
to the date on which the payment was due and 
the United States Postal Service delivered such 
mail after the date on which payment was due. 
(2) JUDICIAL
OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Judicial 
Officer’’ means the Judicial Officer appointed under 
section 204 of title 39, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON MAIL DELIVERY DELAYS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the United States Postal Service shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on delays 
in delivering mail, including, for each class of mail— 
(1) the average delivery time and average delay 
time for— 
(A) mail delivered under an agreement be-
tween the sender, other than a sender primarily 
engaged in the transportation or delivery of 
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parcels or letters carried out of the mails, and 
the United States Postal Service; and 
(B) all other mail delivered by the United 
States Postal Service; 
(2) the volume of mail described in paragraph 
(1)(A) that is presorted and an explanation of the 
effect of presorting such mail on the average delivery 
time and average delay time for such mail; and 
(3) the volume of mail described in paragraph 
(1)(B) that is presorted and an explanation of the 
effect of presorting such mail on the average delivery 
time and average delay time for such mail. 
(b) PRIORITIZATION AUDIT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Inspector General of 
the United States Postal Service shall conduct an 
assessment of the policies and practices of the 
United States Postal Service to determine if the 
United States Postal Service prioritizes the delivery 
of mail described in subsection (a)(1)(A) over mail 
that is the same class of mail and is not described 
in such subsection. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 
of the United States Postal Service shall submit to 
the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the findings of the assessment 
required by paragraph (1). 
(c) CLASS OF MAIL DEFINED.—For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘class of mail’’ means the items de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 3621(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, and the items described 
in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 3631(a) of such 
title. 
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