3.0.0 4561 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z Senate S 2020-09-10 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-10T18:22:44Z Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020 116 8109 HR 2020-10-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462. Related bill CRS 2020-09-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-09-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2020-09-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-09-10 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-09-10 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2020-09-14 False Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Political parties and affiliation State and local government operations U.S. Postal Service Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-09-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-24T16:04:18Z Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act

This bill restricts the political activities of the members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, including the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General.

Specifically, the bill (1) prohibits the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns; (2) prohibits the Board of Governors, the Postmaster General, and the Deputy Postmaster General from holding any political position while in office or soliciting funds for the campaign of a candidate for elected office or for a political party; and (3) restricts nominees for Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General to those who have not engaged in political activities in the four years prior to their appointments.

]]> Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act Display Title Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify and increase the restrictions on political activities that are applicable to the members of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, including the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4561is/xml/BILLS-116s4561is.xml 2020-09-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.