to the public. (10) Enacting any rule, policy, or standard the purpose or effect of which would delay the delivery of mail to or from a government entity. (11) Instituting any hiring freeze. (b) Reversal of policies hindering delivery of mail The United States Postal Service shall reverse any initiative or action that is causing delay in processing or delivery or non-delivery of the mail. (c) Election mail (1) Policy on postmarks It shall be the policy of the United States Postal Service to postmark, which shall include any imprinted indicia from the Postal Service that indicates the date of receipt, all election mail processed by the Postal Service. (2) Same-day processing The United States Postal Service shall ensure, to the maximum extent practical, that election mail is processed and cleared from any postal facility or post office on the same day it is received at such a facility or post office. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term COVID–19 public health emergency means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus