To appropriately limit the pay of Postal Service executives.

SA 2032. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Pryor) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1789, to
improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

(a) Limitations on Compensation.--Section 1003 of title 39,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the last sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Limitations on Compensation.--
``(1) Rates of basic pay.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), an officer
or employee of the Postal Service may not be paid at a rate
of basic pay that exceeds the rate of basic pay for level II
of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5.
``(B) Very senior executives.--Not more than 6 officers or
employees of the Postal Service that are in very senior
executive positions, as determined by the Board of Governors,
may be paid at a rate of basic pay that does not exceed the
rate of basic pay for level I of the Executive Schedule under
section 5312 of title 5.
``(2) Benefits.--For any fiscal year, an officer or
employee of the Postal Service who is in a critical senior
executive or equivalent position, as designated under section
3686(c), may not receive fringe benefits (within the meaning
given that term under section 1005(f)) that are greater than
the fringe benefits received by supervisory and other
managerial personnel who are not subject to collective-
bargaining agreements under chapter 12.''.
(b) Limitation on Bonus Authority.--Section 3686 of title
39, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Postal Service''
and inserting ``Subject to subsection (f), the Postal
Service''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Limitation on Bonus Authority.--
``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `covered
year' means the fiscal year following a fiscal year relating
to which the Office of Management and Budget determines the
Postal Service has not implemented the measures needed to
achieve long-term solvency, as defined in section 208(e) of
the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012.
``(2) Limitation.--The Postal Service may not provide a
bonus or other reward under this section to an officer or
employee of the Postal service in a critical senior executive
or equivalent position, as designated under subsection (c),
during a covered year.''.
(c) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall--
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) apply to any contract entered or modified by the Postal
Service on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) Sunset.--Effective 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act--
(1) section 1003 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``No officer or employee shall be paid compensation at a rate
in excess of the rate for level I of the Executive Schedule
under section 5312 of title 5.''; and
(B) by striking subsection (e); and
(2) section 3686 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Subject to subsection
(f), the Postal Service'' and inserting ``The Postal
Service''; and
(B) by striking subsection (f).

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