,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,rounds1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 
,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4 ,smith1
 ,mr4 ,sanders1 and ,ms4 ,baldwin7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require on-time delivery of periodicals 
to unlock additional rate authority1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,deliver 
for ,democracy ,act4  #b4 ,additional   
rate authority for periodicals ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,postal     
,regulatory ,commission shall amend     
section #cjcj4bbb of title #ci1 ,code of
 ,federal ,regulations1 to provide that1
 for any fiscal year ending after the   
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,commission shall not authorize the     

,united ,states ,postal ,service any    
additional rate authority with respect  
to periodicals under that section for   
the following fiscal year1 unless the   
,commission determines that the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service achieved-- 7#a7
 a #ie percent on-time delivery         
performance for periodicals during the  
fiscal year of the determination1 as    
measured by the service standards in    
effect on the date of enactment of this 
,act2 or  7#b7 an increase in the       
on-time delivery performance for        
periodicals during the fiscal year of   
the determination1 as measured by the   
service standards in effect on the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 of not less  
than #b percentage points1 as compared  
to the on-time delivery performance     
percentage in the fiscal year before1   
on1 or after the date of enactment of   
this ,act in which the on-time delivery 
performance percentage is the highest   
measured1 as measured by such service   
standards4  #c4 ,annual progress report 

7a7 ,report required  7#a7 ,in general  
,subject to subsections 7c7 and 7d71 the
 ,postmaster ,general shall submit to   
the ,postal ,regulatory ,commission and 
make publicly available an annual report
 on the progress of the ,united ,states 
,postal ,service in including in the    
periodical service performance          
measurements of the ,postal ,service    
on-time performance data for in-county  
and out-of-county newspaper mail that is
 entered and accepted at each delivery  
unit for delivery4  7#b7 ,stakeholder   
input ,in carrying out the report       
requirement under paragraph 7#a71 the   
,postmaster ,general shall solicit      
feedback from relevant stakeholders4    
7b7 ,implementation of report           
requirement ,if the relevant information
 is not available for each              
individually-addressed piece of mail for
 purposes of a report required under    
subsection 7a71 the ,postal ,regulatory 
,commission1 in consultation with the   
,postmaster ,general1 shall develop a   

system for generating service           
performance data for use in the report  
by producing digital information for    
relevant mail bundles4  7c7 ,termination
 of report requirement ,the ,postmaster 
,general shall submit and make publicly 
available the report described in       
subsection 7a7 annually until the date  
on which the ,postal ,regulatory        
,commission determines that the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service has            
incorporated the categories of mail     
described in subsection 7a71 or any     
other relevant mail categories used in  
the report in accordance with subsection
 7d71 into the existing applicable      
service performance measurements4  7d7  
,proxy information  7#a7 ,in general ,if
 the ,postal ,regulatory ,commission and
 the ,postmaster ,general jointly       
determine that identifying newspaper    
mail within the periodicals mail        
category is not practicable for purposes
 of a report under subsection 7a71 the  
,postal ,regulatory ,commission may     

determine what information with respect 
to the closest relevant mail category   
the ,postmaster ,general may use in the 
report4  7#b7 ,public report on         
determination ,if the ,postal           
,regulatory ,commission and the         
,postmaster ,general make the           
determination described in paragraph    
7#a71 the ,postal ,regulatory           
,commission and the ,postmaster ,general
 shall make publicly available a report 
describing the process and rationale for
 the determination1 including a         
description of-- 7,a7 the potential     
costs for the ,united ,states ,postal   
,service and applicable businesses      
resulting from the report requirement   
under subsection 7a72  7,b7 the ability 
of the ,postmaster ,general to ascertain
 accurate results for inclusion in the  
report under subsection 7a72 and  7,c7  
any other factor contributing to the    
determination4  #d4 ,,gao study and     
report  7a7 ,study ,the ,comptroller    
,general of the ,united ,states shall   

conduct a study of alternative pricing  
schemes and other options for the       
,united ,states ,postal ,service that   
would improve the financial position of 
periodicals and other products that do  
not cover their costs and evaluate the  
potential impact of such alternative    
pricing schemes and other options4  7b7 
,report ,not later than #b years after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate and the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives a report on the study  
conducted under subsection 7a74