,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,griffith of ,virginia 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,michaud7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 to lower the
 maximum rate of compensation for       
,united ,states ,postal ,service        
employees1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,postal ,executive ,accountability  
,act4  #b4 ,limits on executive pay  7a7
 ,limitation on compensation ,section   
#ajjc of title #ci1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a71 by striking the last sentence2 and 
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7e7 7#a7 ,subject to paragraph 7#b71  
an officer or employee of the ,postal   
,service may not be paid at a rate of   
basic pay that exceeds the rate of basic
 pay for level ,,ii of the ,executive   

,schedule under section #ecab of title  
#e4  7#b7 ,not more than #f officers or 
employees of the ,postal ,service that  
are in very senior executive positions1 
as determined by the ,board of          
,governors1 may be paid at a rate of    
basic pay that does not exceed the rate 
of basic pay for level ,i of the        
,executive ,schedule under section #ecab
 of title #e4  7#c7 ,for any fiscal     
year1 an officer or employee of the     
,postal ,service who is in a very senior
 executive position1 as designated under
 paragraph 7#b71 may not receive fringe 
benefits 7within the meaning given that 
term under section #ajje7;f77 that are  
greater than the fringe benefits        
received by supervisory and other       
managerial personnel who are not subject
 to collective-bargaining agreements    
under chapter #ab4  4  7b7 ,limitation  
on bonuses ,section #cfhf of title #ci1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended as    
follows3  7#a7 ,in subsection 7a71 by   
adding at the end the following3        

,notwithstanding the authority granted  
under this section and except as        
provided under section #ajjc7;e71 no    
officer or employee of the ,postal      
,service shall be paid compensation at a
 rate in excess of the rate for level   
,,ii of the ,executive ,schedule under  
section #ecab of title #e4 4  7#b7      
,subsections 7b7 and 7c7 are repealed4  
7#c7 ,in subsection 7d7--  7,a7 in      
paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 by striking which 
would not have been allowable but for   
the provisions of subsection 7b7 or 7c72
 2 and  7ii7 by adding and at the end2  
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking 2   
and and inserting a period2 and  7,c7 by
 striking paragraph 7#c74