Bills to Co-Sponsor: NAPS encourages sponsorship of the following bills
Bills to Co-Sponsor
NAPS encourages sponsorship of the following bills:
House Legislation
H.Res. 70, Expresses support for the Postal Service as an independent establishment of the government and opposition to postal privatization.
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8), Nick Lolota (R-NY-1), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2) and Gerald Connolly (D-VA-11), introduced Jan. 28, 2025
Contact: Bruce Fernandez, 202-225-8273, bruce.fernandez@mail.house.gov
The non-binding House of Representatives resolution declares that the House opposes privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.
H.R. 7600, Postal Supervisors, Managers and Postmasters Fairness Act
Primary Sponsors: Reps. James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) and Michael Bost (R-IL-12)
Contact: Jaelin Lespier, 202-225-1492, jaelin.lespier@mail.house.gov
The bill would provide for the timely start of pay talks between Executive Administrative Schedule (EAS) postal employees and the Postal Service by decoupling EAS pay consultations from the protracted timeline of collective bargaining between the largest postal union and the USPS. Under the bill, EAS pay talks would start 60 days prior to the expiration of the existing EAS “pay agreement.”
In addition, the bill would establish a fair and credible process for the conduct of pay consultations by binding the USPS and the supervisors’ organization to the findings and conclusions of an independent Federal Mediation and Conciliation fact-finding panel.
H.R. 1559, Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act
Primary Sponsors: Reps. James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), introduced Jan. 27, 2023
Contact: Jaelin Lespier, 202-225-1492, jaelin.lespier@mail.house.gov
The bill would confer to approximately 5,000 non-supervisory managerial postal employees the right to appeal significant personnel actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Non-supervisory postal personnel currently only may appeal such actions through an internal USPS process that lacks impartial third-party review. Postal supervisory personnel and nearly all federal civil service employees already enjoy MSPB appeal rights.
H.R. 491, Equal COLA Act
Primary House Sponsor: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), introduced Jan. 16, 2025
Contact: Jaelin Lespier, 202-225-1492, jaelin.lespier@mail.house.gov
The bill would create parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to a Federal Employees System (FERS) annuity and a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuity.
H.R. 1522, Federal Retirement Fairness Act
Primary House Sponsor: Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA-6), introduced Jan. 16, 2025
Contact: Jaelin Lespier, 202-225-1492, jaelin.lespier@mail.hous.gov
The bill would permit certain federal and postal employees who participate in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to make “catch-up” retirement contributions for the time spent as non-career employees after Dec. 31, 1988. Many postal employees began their USPS careers in non-career positions, either working as postal employees or as employees in other federal agencies.
The time employees worked as part of the non-career workforce is presently not creditable toward a FERS annuity. H.R. 5995 would revise the law to permit such federal and postal employees the opportunity to make catch-up retirement contributions for time spent in non-career positions, for the time after Dec. 31, 1988.
H.R. 2095, Postal Police Reform Act
Primary House Sponsor: Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), introduced March 14, 2025
Contact: Dominick Porcella, 202-225-7896, dominick.porcella@mail.house.gov
The bill would reverse a 2020 directive from the Chief Postal Inspector that limited the jurisdiction of the U.S. Postal Police to postal facilities. Under the directive, postal police cannot investigate crimes against postal personnel and property not situated on postal-owned or -leased real estate.
H.R. 2103, Protect Postal Performance Act
Primary House Sponsor: Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), introduced March 14, 2025
Contact: Matt Brush, 202-225-2371, matthew.brush@mail.house.gov
The bill would prevent the Postal Service from downsizing facilities in underserved areas, provide more oversight over modifications to delivery schedules and increase public transparency on proposed changes.
H.R. 3011, U.S. Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Primary House Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4), introduced April 24, 2025
Contact: Chris MacArthur, 202-225-5816, chris.macarthur@mail.house.gov
The bill would end the Prohibition-era ban that prevents the USPS from shipping alcoholic beverages to consumers, allowing it to ship directly from licensed producers and retailers to consumers over the age of 21 in accordance with state and local laws at the delivery location. This bill is critical in leveling the playing field and increasing consumer and manufacturer choice while bringing in millions of dollars in revenue for the USPS.
H.R. 7265, Vote by Mail Tracking Act, introduced Jan. 27, 2026
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7) and Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
Contact: Andrew Heineman, 202-225-4741, andrew.heineman@mail.house.gov
The bill would increase the transparency of mail-in ballots, boost confidence in elections and help Americans confirm their votes are counted by authorizing the use of scannable barcodes and an official election logo on mailed ballots.
Senate Legislation
S.Res. 147, Expresses support for the Postal Service as an independent establishment of the government and opposition to postal privatization.
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), introduced March 27, 2025
Contact: Dominic Thibault, 202-224-4751, dominic_thibault@hsgac.senate.gov
The non-binding Senate resolution declares that the Senate opposes privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.
S. 624, Equal COLA Act
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced Feb. 18, 2025
Contact: Adrienne Epstein, 202-224-3553, adrienne_epstein@padilla.senate.gov
The bill would create parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to a Federal Employees System (FERS) annuity and a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuity.