S. 1678 117th Congress Senate

DEJOY Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to maintain certain service standards for first-class mail, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 18, 2021 Introduced by: Martin Heinrich Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov

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May 18, 2021

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

May 18, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action May 18, 2021

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Delivering Envelopes Judiciously On-time Year-round Act or the DEJOY Act

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.

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