No Bonuses for Bad Service Act

Josh Hawley

Republican · MO · Senator

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

• Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Original· 2026-07-29

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2026-07-29

Source: Congress.gov

The legislation would prevent federal employees from receiving bonuses or performance awards if they have been disciplined for misconduct or poor performance within a certain timeframe. This would apply across all federal agencies and is intended to ensure that taxpayer money spent on employee bonuses goes only to workers with good records. The measure affects federal workers and aims to hold government employees accountable for their job performance.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5163 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5163 To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or exceed each on-time mail delivery target, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2026 Mr. Hawley (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or exceed each on-time mail delivery target, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Bonuses for Bad Service Act''. SEC. 2. RESTRICTION OF BONUSES FOR POSTMASTER GENERAL. (a) Bonus Prerequisites.--Section 202 of title 39, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The Governors shall not approve any bonus, award, or other monetary compensation beyond basic pay for the Postmaster General for any fiscal year in which the Postal Service does not meet or exceed a 95 percent on-time delivery performance for each on-time delivery target set for a market- dominant product category.''; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The Governors shall not approve any bonus, award, or other monetary compensation beyond basic pay for the Deputy Postmaster General for any fiscal year in which the Postal Service does not meet or exceed 95 percent on-time delivery performance for each on-time delivery target set for a market-dominant product category.''. (b) Report Submission.--Section 2804(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission'' before the period. <all>

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