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S 4561 116th Congress Senate 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

Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act

Introduced: September 10, 2020 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Sep 10, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 10, 2020
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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.

What's happening now September 10, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8109 Related bill Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 14, 2020
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4561: Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4561/
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"S. 4561: Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4561/.
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S. 4561, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4561/.
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