H.R. 8109: Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020
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H.R. 8109: Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-08-25 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-08-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020
Plain summary
Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020 This bill 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 prohibits (1) the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns; and (2) 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. An individual must make certain financial disclosures prior to assuming the duties of Postmaster General or Deputy Postmaster General.
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Official text
Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 22 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 8109, Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020 (2020-10-20)
Cosponsors on this site
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8109.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr8109 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116