S. 5163 119th Congress Senate

No Bonuses for Bad Service Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in w… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or exceed each on-time mail delivery target, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2026 Introduced by: Josh Hawley Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Federal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPostal serviceU.S. Postal ServiceWages and earnings

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 14, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570.

Sep 14, 2026

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Aug 6, 2026

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Jul 29, 2026

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

Jul 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now September 14, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider an original resolution regarding Contempt of Congress, S.2732, to strengthen employee cost…
Open Business Meeting Aug 6, 2026 · 8:30 AM EDT · Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
2 filings
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
2 filings
SENATE
2 filings
Treasury, Dept of
2 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
1 filing
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 1

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Jul 29, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5163: No Bonuses for Bad Service Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5163/

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"S. 5163: No Bonuses for Bad Service Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5163/.

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S. 5163, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5163/.

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