Annual progress report

(a) Report required (1) In general Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Postmaster General shall submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission and make publicly available an annual report on the progress of the United States Postal Service in including in the periodical service performance measurements of the Postal Service on-time performance data for in-county and out-of-county newspaper mail that is entered and accepted at each delivery unit for delivery. (2) Stakeholder input In carrying out the report requirement under paragraph (1), the Postmaster General shall solicit feedback from relevant stakeholders. (b) Implementation of report requirement If the relevant information is not available for each individually-addressed piece of mail for purposes of a report required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Postmaster General, shall develop a system for generating service performance data for use in the report by producing digital information for relevant mail bundles. (c) Termination of report requirement The Postmaster General shall submit and make publicly available the report described in subsection (a) annually until the date on which the Postal Regulatory Commission determines that the United States Postal Service has incorporated the categories of mail described in subsection (a), or any other relevant mail categories used in the report in accordance with subsection (d), into the existing applicable service performance measurements. (d) Proxy information (1) In general If the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Postmaster General jointly determine that identifying newspaper mail within the periodicals mail category is not practicable for purposes of a report under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission may determine what information with respect to the closest relevant mail category the Postmaster General may use in the report. (2) Public report on determination If the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Postmaster General make the determination described in paragraph (1), the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Postmaster General shall make publicly available a report describing the process and rationale for the determination, including a description of— (A) the potential costs for the United States Postal Service and applicable businesses resulting from the report requirement under subsection (a); (B) the ability of the Postmaster General to ascertain accurate results for inclusion in the report under subsection (a); and (C) any other factor contributing to the determination.