,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #aa1         
#bjbj,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new
 ,york introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
maintain prompt and reliable postal     
services during the ,,covid-#ai health  
emergency1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,delivering for ,america ,act4  #b4 
,prompt and reliable postal services    
during ,,covid-#ai pandemic  7a7 ,in    
general ,during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this ,act and  
ending on the last day of the           
,,covid-#ai public health emergency or  
,january #a1 #bjba1 whichever is later1 
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service may
 not implement or approve any change to 
the operations or the level of service  
provided by the ,postal ,service from   
those in effect on ,january #a1 #bjbj1  
that would impede prompt1 reliable1 and 

efficient services1 including any of the
 following actions3 7#a7 ,any change in 
the nature of postal services which will
 generally affect service on a          
nationwide or substantially nationwide  
basis4  7#b7 ,any revision of service   
standards4  7#c7 ,any closure or        
consolidation of any post office or     
reduction of facility hours4  7#d7 ,any 
prohibition on payment of overtime pay  
to ,postal ,service officers or         
employees4  7#e7 ,any change that would 
prevent the ,postal ,service from       
meeting its service standards or cause a
 decline in measurements of performance 
relative to those service standards4    
7#f7 ,any change that would have the    
effect of delaying mail1 allowing for   
the non-delivery of mail to a delivery  
route1 or increasing the volume of      
undelivered mail4  7b7 ,definition of   
,,covid-#ai public health emergency ,in 
this ,act1 the term ,,covid-#ai public  
health emergency means the public health
 emergency declared by the ,secretary of

 ,health and ,human ,services on        
,january #bg1 #bjbj1 with respect to the
 #bjai ,novel ,coronavirus4