DEJOY Act

Bill: 117-s-1678
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-05-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Delivering Envelopes Judiciously On-time Year-round Act or the DEJOY Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to maintain the service standards for first-class mail that were in effect on January 1, 2021. The Postmaster General proposed in March 2021 a 10-year restructuring plan for the USPS that would lengthen the permissible mail-delivery window. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1678 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2021 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Manchin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to maintain certain service standards for first-class mail, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Delivering Envelopes Judiciously On-time Year-round Act or the DEJOY Act . 2. Service standards for first-class mail Section 3691 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Service standards for first-Class mail Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the service standards for first-class mail shall be the standards that were in effect on January 1, 2021. .