[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5080 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5080

 To amend title 39 of the United States Code to require the Postmaster 
      General to be appointed by the President, subject to Senate 
                 confirmation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

  Mr. Ossoff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 39 of the United States Code to require the Postmaster 
      General to be appointed by the President, subject to Senate 
                 confirmation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Postmaster General Reform Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Board of Governors.--Section 202(c) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The Postmaster General shall be a voting member of the 
Board.
    ``(2) The pay and term of service of the Postmaster General shall 
be fixed by the Governors.''.
    (b) Postmaster General.--Section 203 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The chief'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--The chief'';
            (2) in subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1), 
        by striking ``appointed under section 202(c) of this title'' 
        and inserting ``, who shall be appointed by the President, by 
        and with the advice and consent of the Senate''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Terms and Term Limits.--The Postmaster General shall serve 
for a term of 5 years, which may be renewed, with the consent of the 
Senate, for a single additional 5-year term.''.
    (c) Procedures of the Board of Governors.--Section 205(c)(1) of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking ``in the 
appointment or removal of the Postmaster General, and''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect beginning with the first appointment of an individual to serve 
as the Postmaster General on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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