,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #hjae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #h1 
#bjbj,received  ,,an ,,act  ,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 #ca1 #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 reduce service        
performance or 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     
postal facility1 or any reduction of    
such office or facility hours4  7#d7    
,any prohibition or restriction on the  
use of overtime or 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 deferring1 or curtailing mail1 
allowing for the non-delivery of mail to
 a delivery route1 or increasing the    
volume of undelivered mail4  7#g7       
,treating election mail as any class of 
mail other than first-class mail1       
regardless of whether such treatment    
requires payment of overtime pay to     

officers or employees of the ,postal    
,service4  7#h7 ,removing1              
decommissioning1 or any other stoppage  
of mail sorting machines1 other than for
 routine maintenance4  7#i7 ,removing or
 eliminating any mail collection box    
that is available to the public4  7#aj7 
,enacting any rule1 policy1 or standard 
the purpose or effect of which would    
delay the delivery of mail to or from a 
government entity4  7#aa7 ,instituting  
any hiring freeze4  7b7 ,reversal of    
policies hindering delivery of mail ,the
 ,united ,states ,postal ,service shall 
reverse any initiative or action that is
 causing delay in processing or delivery
 or non-delivery of the mail4  7c7      
,election mail  7#a7 ,policy on         
postmarks ,it shall be the policy of the
 ,united ,states ,postal ,service to    
postmark1 which shall include any       
imprinted indicia from the ,postal      
,service that indicates the date of     
receipt1 all election mail processed by 
the ,postal ,service4  7#b7 ,same-day   

processing ,the ,united ,states ,postal 
,service shall ensure1 to the maximum   
extent practical1 that election mail is 
processed and cleared from any postal   
facility or post office on the same day 
it is received at such a facility or    
post office4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this 
section-- 7#a7 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             
,coronavirus2  7#b7 the term election   
mail means mail consisting of-- 7,a7    
voter registration application forms1   
completed voter registration application
 forms1 and voter registration cards or 
similar materials2  7,b7 absentee and   
other mail-in ballot application forms1 
blank absentee and other mail-in        
ballots1 and completed absentee and     
other mail-in ballots2 and  7,c7 other  
materials relating to an election which 
are mailed by a ,state or local election

 official to individuals who are        
registered to vote in the election2 and 
7#c7 the term government entity means   
the ,federal ,government or any ,state  
7as that term is defined in section #caa
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 or 
local government and any subdivision    
thereof4  #c4 ,additional appropriation 
for the ,postal ,service ,there is      
appropriated1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
for the fiscal year ending ,september   
#cj1 #bjbj1 for an additional payment to
 the ,postal ,service ,fund 7established
 under section #bjjc of title #ci1      
,united ,states ,code71 #be1jjj1jjj1jjj1
 to remain available until expended4 ,of
 the amount appropriated in the previous
 sentence1 #ae1jjj1jjj shall be         
transferred to ,united ,states ,postal  
,service--,office of ,inspector         
,general--,salaries and ,expenses4  #d4 
,rule of construction ,nothing in this  
,act shall be construed to alter or     
otherwise effect the terms and          

conditions of section #cdjf of title    
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code 7relating to 
balloting materials under the ,uniformed
 and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee      
,voting ,act74  #e4 ,budgetary effects  
7a7 ,in general ,the amounts provided by
 this ,act are designated as an         
emergency requirement pursuant to       
section #d7;g7 of the ,statutory        
,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;g774  7b7 ,designation  
in the ,senate ,in the ,senate1 this    
,act is designated as an emergency      
requirement pursuant to section         
#daab7;a7 of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga 7#aaeth
 ,congress71 the concurrent resolution  
on the budget for fiscal year #bjah4    
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,august #bb1 #bjbj4;,cheryl ,l4         
,johnson1,clerk4