Postal Executive Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-1006
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Postal Executive Accountability Act - Limits to six the number of United States Postal Service (USPS) officers and employees in very senior executive positions who may be paid at level I of the Executive Schedule and otherwise prohibits the rate of basic pay and bonuses for USPS officers and employees from exceeding the rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule (currently, level I). Prohibits USPS officers and employees in very senior executive positions from receiving fringe benefits that are greater than the benefits received by other USPS supervisory and managerial personnel who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1006 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2013 Mr. Griffith of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Michaud ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to lower the maximum rate of compensation for United States Postal Service employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Postal Executive Accountability Act . 2. Limits on executive pay (a) Limitation on compensation Section 1003 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking the last sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an officer or employee 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 section 5312 of title 5. (3) For any fiscal year, an officer or employee of the Postal Service who is in a very senior executive position, 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: (1) In subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the authority granted under this section and except as provided under section 1003(e), no officer or employee of the Postal Service shall be paid compensation at a rate in excess of the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule 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).