US Congress Senate Bill 4561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on September 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restricts the political activities of the members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, including the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General. Specifically, the bill (1) prohibits the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns; (2) prohibits the Board of Governors, the Postmaster General, and the Deputy Postmaster General from holding any political position while in office or soliciting funds for the campaign of a candidate for elected office or for a political party; and (3) restricts nominees for Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General to those who have not engaged in political activities in the four years prior to their appointments.

Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB8109 (Related) 2020-10-27 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4561/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4561/BILLS-116s4561is.pdf