113 HR 2748 IH: Postal Reform Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-07-19
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1.Short title; table of
contents; references
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Postal Reform Act of
2013
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Postal Service Modernization
Sec. 101. Nationwide mail delivery schedule.
Sec. 102. Delivery-point modernization.
Sec. 103. Efficient and flexible universal postal
service.
Sec. 104. Applicability of procedures relating to closures and
consolidations.
Sec. 105. Enhanced reporting on Postal Service
efficiency.
Sec. 106. Area and district office structure.
Title II—Postal Service Governance
Subtitle A—Temporary Governance Authority
Sec. 201. Purposes.
Sec. 202. Establishment of the Postal Service Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
Sec. 203. Membership and qualification
requirements.
Sec. 204. Organization and staff.
Sec. 205. Funding.
Sec. 206. Responsibilities and powers.
Sec. 207. Development of financial plan and budget for the
solvency of the Postal Service.
Sec. 208. Process for submission and approval of financial plan
and budget.
Sec. 209. Dissolution of the Authority; reconstitution of the
Board of Governors.
Subtitle B—Other Matters
Sec. 211. Appointment of the Postal Service Inspector
General.
Sec. 212. Membership of the Board of Governors.
Title III—Postal Service Workforce
Sec. 301. Applicability of reduction-in-force
procedures.
Sec. 302. Postal Service FEHBP and FEGLI funding
requirements.
Sec. 303. Repeal of provision relating to overall value of
fringe benefits.
Sec. 304. Modifications relating to determination of pay
comparability.
Sec. 305. Last-best-final-offer negotiations.
Sec. 306. Postal Service workers’ compensation
reform.
Sec. 307. Reporting requirement.
Title IV—Postal Service Revenue
Sec. 401. Adequacy, efficiency, and fairness of postal
rates.
Sec. 402. Repeal of rate preferences for qualified political
committees.
Sec. 403. Use of negotiated service agreements.
Sec. 404. Nonpostal services.
Sec. 405. Alaska bypass mail modernization.
Sec. 406. Appropriations modernization.
Sec. 407. Enhanced product innovation.
Title V—Postal Service Finance
Sec. 501. Treatment of Postal Service postemployment benefit
funding projected surpluses.
Sec. 502. Retiree health benefit liability payment
schedule.
Sec. 503. Supplementary borrowing authority during a control
period.
Sec. 504. Postal Service Delivery-Point Modernization
Fund.
Sec. 505. Specific retirement liability calculations relating
to the Postal Service.
Title VI—Postal Contracting Reform
Sec. 601. Contracting provisions.
Sec. 602. Technical amendment to definition.
Sec. 603. Contract limitation.
Title VII—Other Provisions
Sec. 701. Postal facility designations.
Sec. 702. Response to submissions by the Postal
Service.
Sec. 703. Fair stamp-evidencing competition.
Sec. 704. USPS innovation officer and
accountability.
Sec. 705. Postal regulatory commission travel
reporting.
(c)Except
as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 39, United States Code.
2.For the purposes of this Act—
(1)the term
Postal Service means the United States Postal Service;
(2)the term
postal retail facility means a post office, post office branch,
post office classified station, or other facility which is operated by the
Postal Service, and the primary function of which is to provide retail postal
services, but does not include a contractor-operated facility offering postal
services;
(3)the term
district office means the central office of an administrative
field unit with responsibility for postal operations in a designated geographic
area (as defined under regulations, directives, or other guidance of the Postal
Service, as in effect on January 1, 2013); and
(4)the term
area office means the central office of an administrative field
unit with responsibility for postal operations in a designated geographic area
which is comprised of designated geographic areas as referred to in paragraph
(3).
<enum>I</enum><header>Postal Service
Modernization</header>
<section id="H41D157BAE00D49499C1FF307496BBFDE"><enum>101.</enum><header>Nationwide mail
delivery schedule</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF0CC443783EF4A5AAFE460B753CC7E4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 404 is amended by inserting after subsection (e)
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD659E56B4DE04C57BAF369FBC3D05BC3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDEFC1CD257041F4A8222316E5548F84"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4D431A82FBF5458483D2F97DCECE5230"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Postal Service may
establish a general, nationwide mail delivery schedule of 5 days per week.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE90036845A1A4FC4B5FD406DBBD76152" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Postal Service shall ensure that
under any schedule established under paragraph (1), there shall not occur more
than 2 consecutive days on which mail is not delivered, including as a result
of Federal holidays.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0540B5C4E784563AA3529F26E534594" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a period not to end before December 31,
2018, the Postal Service shall provide domestic competitive product service 6
days per week to each street address that was scheduled to receive package
service 6 days per week as of September 30, 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA93A8E2D0CC41C9A8EA82AEF02B6801" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be
construed to authorize a reduction, or to require an increase, in frequency of
mail delivery for any address for which the Postal Service provided delivery on
fewer than 6 days per week as of January 1,
2013.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1D1C68DB70924583B9FE3F67FD41B520"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mailbox
access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Postal Service
establishes a general, nationwide mail delivery schedule of 5 days per week,
consistent with the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/404">section 404</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code,
as amended by subsection (a), the Postal Service shall amend the Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal Service (as set forth in the Domestic
Mail Manual) to ensure that the provisions of section 508.3.2.10 of such
Manual, as in effect on September 30, 2012, shall apply on any day on which the
Postal Service does not deliver mail under the established delivery
schedule.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6D8D1A80D4E645039E3728A53F037713"><enum>102.</enum><header>Delivery-point
modernization</header>
<subsection id="H0C1AFAD48987409FA7CAE8BF0B71378D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter VII of chapter 36 is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEFAEF57DE6344C269CE98FFDB42BB8CA" style="USC">
<section id="H125DF5EBBA504F3B968A23A81621982D"><enum>3692.</enum><header>Delivery-point
modernization</header>
<subsection id="H89423F79D0194F28A93E1E8AAB9C1200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
the purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H1249C83081B5445D919F552D883439E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>delivery point</term> means a mailbox or other receptacle to which mail
is delivered;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC47126CE18F24971AE1D57BC71634C9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>primary mode of mail delivery</term> means the typical method by which
the Postal Service delivers letter mail to the delivery point of a postal
patron;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDACF7945034F4A9F8E1D44AD08380EAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>door delivery</term> means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby mail
is placed into a slot or receptacle at or near the postal patron’s door or is
hand delivered to a postal patron, but does not include curbside or centralized
delivery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91CAA9A99CD2496FB793695AE193274F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>centralized delivery</term> means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby
mail receptacles of a number of delivery points are grouped or clustered at a
single location; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE82A1F619B4B400699E9E741685111BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>curbside delivery</term> means a primary mode of mail delivery whereby a
mail receptacle is situated at the edge of a sidewalk abutting a road or curb,
at a road, or at a curb.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D2BE64630EF4BB6A1B6B3D3FE27EF52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It
shall be the policy of the Postal Service to use the most cost-effective
primary mode of mail delivery feasible for postal patrons.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3882FBB64A1B49189D7C8E10FAF7A656"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Phaseout of door
delivery</header>
<paragraph id="H480586984741440394CACA4461F47024"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New
addresses</header><text>Subject to paragraph (4), the Postal Service shall
implement a program, wherever feasible, to provide a primary mode of mail
delivery other than door delivery to new addresses established after the date
of enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B1F6B2D99844EBB917AA6AA81D96A56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Business address
conversion</header><text>Subject to paragraph (4), the Postal Service shall
implement a program to convert existing business addresses with door delivery
to centralized delivery to the maximum extent feasible. In cases in which
conversion to centralized delivery is impractical, conversion to curbside
delivery shall be implemented to the maximum extent feasible.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EE45A83A09E43C58F8ECED3FE9B0BAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Residential
address conversion</header>
<subparagraph id="H76BFC1F95B57489FBFF850DF98497BBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Within
one year after the date of enactment of this section, each district office
shall identify residential addresses within its service area that are
appropriate candidates for conversion from door delivery to curbside or
centralized delivery, in accordance with standards established by the Postal
Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83820B2C951A4DF09398083E7ED7635C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Voluntary
conversion</header><text>Subject to paragraph (4), the Postal Service shall
seek to voluntarily convert the delivery points identified under subparagraph
(A) from door delivery to more cost-effective primary modes of mail delivery.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1F2507CC1ED42DA9BA8E714C300575F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>In
carrying out conversions under subparagraph (B), the Postal Service shall
establish procedures to—</text>
<clause id="H10891E447E294D12BE8FD4325B56D937"><enum>(i)</enum><text>solicit, consider,
and respond to input from postal patrons, State and local governments, local
associations, and property owners; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H89E237108FB94978A121C9DE30BA5510"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>place centralized
delivery points in locations that maximize delivery efficiency, ease of use for
postal patrons, and respect for private property rights.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69F984C63EA045CCBC405C69679D6965"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
making any determination to convert the primary mode of mail delivery for an
existing address from door delivery to any other primary mode of mail delivery,
or to provide a primary mode of mail delivery to a new address, the Postal
Service may consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49B0EEB2705F46E7B902FAD2B3E8F527"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact of
weather conditions, physical barriers, or any other factor that may impact the
feasibility of providing a primary mode of mail delivery other than door
delivery (such as a factor that may significantly reduce the potential cost
savings associated with providing centralized or curbside delivery);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC685F036F32499690C1C543F7C07166"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the
address is in a registered historic district (as that term is defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/47">section 47(c)(3)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, or is of historic value; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE33DB15115B44A4A9818925070242E10"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">population density and the concentration of
poverty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2079F58FD2C4901990D557B91B9CEA1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Waiver for
physical hardship</header><text>The Postal Service shall establish and maintain
a waiver program under which, upon application, door delivery may be continued,
or provided, at no cost to the applicant in any case in which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H333F793E37E5478B93FF4129DE912D54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>centralized or
curbside delivery would, but for this paragraph, otherwise be the primary mode
of mail delivery; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81952B6E0A14336840DEE40024799EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>door delivery is
necessary in order to avoid causing significant physical hardship to a postal
patron.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4B6B5084B7645938F4839DBADEDFE29"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Legacy door
delivery service</header>
<subparagraph id="H356ED50067124C3DA08A01AB791CF18D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Service may continue to provide, for a fee to
be paid by the addressee, door delivery to an address that received door
delivery as of January 1, 2013, but was converted to a different primary mode
of mail delivery as a result of the requirements of subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21171CCF76424E28A45FD4F313276C97"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Offset</header><text>The
fee shall, when taken in the nationwide aggregate, offset the additional cost
to the Postal Service for door delivery (compared to the cost of the primary
mode of mail delivery which would otherwise exist for such address) as a result
of the requirements of subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H649099F9E873406CBCC229E05AB175A6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
fee shall be subject to the requirements of section 3622(d)(1)(B) and the
Postmaster General may by regulation prescribe the method of the fee’s
calculation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0CF9D5B152634FFDB649A5C0F4BB7F76"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Modernization
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H9C2FFE7458CE41A4BDE4CFE890A08A3A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum points
to be converted</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2022, the Postal
Service shall convert not less than 30,000,000 of the door delivery points
extant on December 31, 2012, to centralized or curbside delivery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21FEF153B6F74469A08EE54B7E00B50F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conversion
order</header><text>In determining which delivery points to convert under
paragraph (1), postal patrons who voluntarily agree to convert their delivery
point or points under subsection (c)(3) shall take precedence over any other
conversions to the greatest extent practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8F5C174FC64020A10096DBDF938AC9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding and
repayment</header><text>Until September 30, 2022, the Postal Service may
withdraw funds from the Postal Service Delivery-Point Modernization Fund to
carry out the purposes of this section. All savings accrued by the Postal
Service from conversions under this subsection shall be repaid to the Fund on a
monthly basis until all funds have been repaid. All funds withdrawn under this
paragraph must be repaid not later than September 30, 2023.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65E37AB7D68B4FD28453CCB0DDC213AF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Voucher
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Postal Service
shall, in accordance with such standards and procedures as the Postal Service
shall by regulation prescribe, provide for a voucher program, funded through
the Postal Service Delivery Point Modernization Fund, under which, upon
application, the Postal Service may defray all or any portion of the costs
associated with conversion from door delivery under this section which would
otherwise be borne by postal patrons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51FBD826CB1648A69040FC325BE32201"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Treatment of
Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Addresses receiving
door delivery or legacy door delivery as a result of paragraph (5) or (6) of
subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H170EC4DB93444E0AA830D6E242E203D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be counted
as addresses that receive the primary mode of mail delivery which the address
would be subject to if not for the applicable exemption; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A4BB85EDD764C70895FF90E0E42C03B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall, within 30
days after ceasing to meet the requirements of such paragraph (5) or (6), as
applicable, be converted to the primary mode of mail delivery which was
otherwise applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35C43BA6555343F98719B25E8C072DF2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the end of each of fiscal years 2013 through 2023, the Postal
Service shall submit to Congress and the Inspector General of the Postal
Service a report on the implementation of this section during the most recently
completed fiscal year. Each such report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC13163984864907A6693E43CC1CCB78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
residential and business addresses that—</text>
<clause id="HDD154507B2514637B12555B29DB54437"><enum>(i)</enum><text>receive door
delivery as of the end of the fiscal year preceding the most recently completed
fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA925656B68F54BC5AEDCB58C1877C4BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receive door
delivery as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCECBDA61B8544FFAEA9E629F0E7594F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>during the most
recently completed fiscal year, were converted from door delivery to—</text>
<subclause id="HBFC2B9136A0F4D378198F2EF69D1B2DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>centralized
delivery points;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2B58E6A5E37B43A3B8B3DD7F37AD9BCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>curbside delivery
points; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H632A033FAE7D46ECAE1EC52C53D78024"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other
primary mode of mail delivery, respectively;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1FC472A8B504691835E07166EA89246"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated cost
savings from the conversions described in subparagraph (A)(iii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H849730C4A49B4770BF686B604EC2F72A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of
the progress made by the Postal Service toward meeting the requirements of
subsection (c) and paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE48CBF30355641849C94C05B7CAF9EBF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
information which the Postal Service considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80A58ED9666F46B4AC32E25B1560CF26"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Subchapters
IV and V shall not apply with respect to any action taken by the Postal Service
under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H173223AFD4A843A2B0097A62400A696C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 36 is amended by
adding after the item relating to section 3691 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8C6635909E334E50A92905CF28132D77" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3692. Delivery-point
modernization.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6BFB3D2168C84DEC9DDFE9C6990BD5EE"><enum>103.</enum><header>Efficient and
flexible universal postal service</header>
<subsection id="H5C1F6DDAAD7948DA8C705F3F24B57581"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Postal
policy</header>
<paragraph id="H4109445B28D34FC78B5EAFD618638016"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 101(b) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07642E7AB7C8496090153D8DC3B598E7" style="USC">
<subsection id="HB4B609E0576F40F6845CC7E3D774E3B6"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Postal Service shall provide effective
and regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns where
post offices are not
self-sustaining.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H59C2A71546AC4744AB8A3222B2E9F1EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Clause (iii) of section 404(d)(2)(A) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF1D83C199794C02B7305A721539675E" style="USC">
<clause commented="no" id="H0FD47F6B09444B94B511772F4C48BD8E" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether such closing or consolidation is
consistent with the policy of the Government, as stated in section 101(b), that
the Postal Service shall provide effective and regular postal services to rural
areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not
self-sustaining;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1E4286FFCB74DE7A4BAF6232B2BEBB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
duty</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 403(b) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H777E8EA06FB6421D8B57B69E9B2198A5" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H2E14A89D74854DCD95046F015C65F7F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that postal patrons throughout
the Nation will, consistent with reasonable economies of postal operations,
have ready access to essential postal
services.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC78DF84F51034475808B4B25DE37C8BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of section 404(d)(2)(A) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AA3EB7BB43045E89A287DDBC43A121D" style="USC">
<clause id="HF7A86939BDA64254AE454D9E8731BAA2" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of such closing or consolidation
on the community served by such post office, including through an analysis of
such factors as—</text>
<subclause id="H4FDE8B411F7740F6B71988D15BAF3D0D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
distance (as measured by public roads) to the closest postal retail facility
not proposed for closure or consolidation under such plan;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2AA667B4730B40ED939CB6B20F68E2F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
characteristics of such location, including weather and terrain;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5E3B4C6F48234883B2398985307CB9DD"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether commercial mobile service (as
defined in section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934) and commercial mobile
data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012) are available in at least 80 percent of the total
geographic area of the ZIP codes served by the postal retail facility proposed
for closure or consolidation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8BBCD12AE53D471A99C2C0488862828C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether fixed broadband Internet access
service is available to households in at least 80 percent of such geographic
area at speeds not less than those sufficient for service to be considered
broadband for purposes of the most recent report of the Federal Communications
Commission under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996;</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD96A12AEFB674F1DB4597DF0DFAA7903"><enum>(d)</enum><header>PRC review of
determinations To close or consolidate a post office</header>
<paragraph id="HDF64B650407246258352B4C88832D404"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline for
review</header><text>Section 404(d)(5) is amended by striking <quote>120
days</quote> and inserting <quote>60 days</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE44189CD96944751854275A3A34CD331"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion from
review</header><text>Section 404(d) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6CD2D6677A74C06A187E31A530187CA" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HF01B6B7FD3A54EB28C5CAB575E423534" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H494AABA0FB114F1CB49665EAA908E5DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The appeals process set
forth in paragraph (5) shall not apply to a determination of the Postal Service
to close a post office if there is located, within 2 miles of such post office,
a qualified contract postal unit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CC6A42C4AE340A5BB82AABC5D528BE9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of this
paragraph—</text>
<clause id="H5B8C4DBBA1764CEEBD5EDCF056D2473C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term <term>contract postal
unit</term> means a store or other place of business which—</text>
<subclause id="H5DD2EED59405420EB0068C4A4F51C9E9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is not owned or operated by the
Postal Service; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H66139E4B9A164966B4F3A9457EB67233"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in addition to its usual
operations, provides postal services to the general public under contract with
the Postal Service; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2A0057303FEE44CD99AA076EB3EA39C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <term>qualified contract
postal unit</term>, as used in connection with a post office, means a contract
postal unit which—</text>
<subclause id="HF60F41E028A74CF0B5D43AC9C485A04A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>begins to provide postal services
to the general public during the period—</text>
<item id="H07788D6832714A41A68F42E261E44565"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>beginning 1 year before the date on
which the closure or consolidation of such post office is scheduled to take
effect; and</text>
</item><item id="H561E1995A90C494C98EE9320C4834EC7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>ending on the 15th day after the date on
which the closure or consolidation of such post office is scheduled to take
effect; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H5962413AEC8747E1B4982B71E79198A9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has not, pursuant to subparagraph
(A), served as the basis for exempting any other post office from the appeals
process set forth in paragraph (5).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H836106BE522744D5B484B4119A4D2E52" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAFCB019F5C1C4267943DAFF279E1CB7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>If the qualified
contract postal unit does not continue to provide postal services, as required
by subparagraph (B)(i)(II), for at least the 2-year period beginning on the
date on which such post office was closed or, if later, the date on which such
unit began providing postal services to the general public, the contract postal
unit shall be subject to a closure determination by the Postal Service to
decide whether a post office must be reopened within the area (delimited by the
2-mile radius referred to in subparagraph (A)).</text>
</clause><clause id="HF9A142FF306B4A95BE62326F2FF5302B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A decision under clause (i) not to reopen a
post office may be appealed to the Postal Regulatory Commission under
procedures which the Commission shall by regulation prescribe. Such procedures
shall be based on paragraph (5), except that, for purposes of this clause,
paragraph (5)(C) shall be applied by substituting <quote>in violation of
section 101(b), leaving postal patrons without effective and regular access to
postal services</quote> for <quote>unsupported by substantial evidence on the
record</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82B2BF2B83164C459F081B1E58A59A06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendments made by this subsection shall not apply with respect to any appeal,
notice of which is received by the Postal Regulatory Commission before the date
of enactment of this Act (determined applying the rules set forth in section
404(d)(6) of title 39, United States Code).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF23D24421374408E9DEF714D8E49777D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expedited
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="HA623F5531D4A47BEBEE1CAE95187272A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 3661 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H461F22E7081649BB93073121FB0781B7" style="USC">
<subsection id="HD89296F8D1DE4A148AF531E05DECA946"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H538D4E1C113441E1938DB56DAFD0ADC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall
issue its opinion within 90 days after the receipt of any proposal (as referred
to in subsection (b)) concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10A50361EF834474A70FB84B2E04D435" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the closing or consolidation of postal
retail facilities (as that term is defined in section 2(2) of the Postal Reform
Act of 2013) to a degree that will generally affect service on a nationwide or
substantially nationwide basis; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CC239D8CFAC448191787CA094A340A7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identical or substantially
identical proposal on which the Commission issued an opinion within the
preceding 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5407E3D0453743DC88A2D6DEE4E4E342" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If necessary in order to comply with
the 90-day requirement under paragraph (1), the Commission may apply expedited
procedures which the Commission shall by regulation
prescribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05A713A842D94F39A8A959CF071FC33D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Postal Regulatory Commission shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry
out the amendment made by paragraph (1) within 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE813F6B2EAA842B9B2F784660DA2B976"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by this subsection shall apply with respect to any proposal
received by the Postal Regulatory Commission on or after the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA65423B0D024F84BFAC6097303E73DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the 90th day after
the date of enactment of this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5D29EAC08D249EBB03FA865A4E380C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effective date
of the regulations under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H760D70A33D7E4A8BB8C836EBEAC978FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rural post
office annual closure limitation</header><text>Section 404a(a) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H22148AF4F5C849598ECDE997DA96156D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44B481D47A4F4223BD5DAE1CC0A246A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0BE4ACF46EF4EE582415159CE251366"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H95803985E5B44A9691645AA66B2F0715" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9AF8DC676BC844CD9AD90E083F4B6B24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>close,
consolidate, or suspend the operations of more than 5-percent of the number of
currently operating postal retail facilities on January 1, of each year that
were within the K or L cost ascertainment grouping on January 1, 2012,
excluding any postal retail facility scheduled for closure and ineligible for
appeal due to section 404(d)(7)(A) shall not count toward the 5 percent
limitation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FA6680B087C4E8CB04FEFAF8CDF5384"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Alternate postal
access choice</header><text>Section 404(d) is amended by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H630204704CEA4A02AAF8CBCF6E6F613D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9A76A9798A3F483B8012A8397FD06102"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H00703E923D314B438F79DCB17EC1CCAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Postal Service,
prior to making a determination under subsection (a)(3) as to the necessity for
the closing or consolidation of any post office, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80C697160009455280A74D5A73081FDA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide adequate notice of its
intention to close or consolidate such post office at least 60 days prior to
the proposed date of such closing or consolidation to postal patrons served by
such post office;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A443DA1E4E943028F451FA002E5328D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct a nonbinding survey on the
proposed closing or consolidation to allow postal patrons served by such post
office an opportunity to indicate their preference between or among—</text>
<clause id="HBE606F2ABE0C4B7ABCBCAA45C59EC3CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the closing or consolidation;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD2D3907C887425E9BCC41384F1F977E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more alternative options;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05F7941275C94104BE5B49D23CD1B695" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that—</text>
<clause id="H29486A8E9AFE42968F6191F9E94E62D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>should the closure or consolidation
of a postal retail facility be deemed necessary, it shall be the policy of the
Postal Service to provide alternative access to postal services to those served
by the postal retail facility by the option chosen by the highest number of
survey respondents under subparagraph (B)(ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H58C709A276C9491498E42A52FEFC52DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Postal Service is unable to
provide alternative access through the option identified in clause (i), or if
that option is cost prohibitive, the Postal Service may provide alternative
access through a different means. Upon selection of an alternative access
method other than the one identified by clause (i), the Postal Service must
provide written notice to those patrons served by the postal retail facility
identifying and explaining why the option identified by clause (i) was not
possible or cost
prohibitive.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HA92474BF8F7B4909B663FCEF53F59643"><enum>104.</enum><header>Applicability
of procedures relating to closures and consolidations</header>
<subsection id="H84CE0F534BCD4A2DA1DE0A66B502CD08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404(d) is
amended by adding after paragraph (7) (as added by section 103(d)(2)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D6AC5D841AA4C7A85E79337F24BFF5E" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H6EAB2BEC8DEF4487B6A34F894CC6FB29" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>post office</term> means a post office and any other facility described
in section 2(2) of the <short-title>Postal Reform Act of
2013</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3ED86BF83D564838B9008470BDDC4524"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>In the case of any post office (within the meaning of the
amendment made by subsection (a)) which, but for such amendment, would not
otherwise be subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/404">section 404(d)</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, the
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to any closure
or consolidation, the proposed effective date of which occurs on or after the
60th day following the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3D44A8C6274B497EA3AEC373BD065892"><enum>105.</enum><header>Enhanced
reporting on Postal Service efficiency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3652(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D176CB211B54333A96422C80AD09DD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A5B0CCCA5784AB79772138CCE889357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BCCD1E259644B8EAE473C41E5CB0CD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8E01E4106E548C0A47B53A37B925348" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H36148EEB407047288EAD6326FAE3F974"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which shall provide the overall change in
Postal Service productivity and the resulting effect of such change on overall
Postal Service costs during such year, using such methodologies as the
Commission shall by regulation
prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCCB02053A4364011B87BC2C5684D43A4"><enum>106.</enum><header>Area and
district office structure</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1BFDAA9503A948AC912790BB0FBBE124"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Postal Service, in consultation with the Inspector General of the
United States Postal Service, shall develop and begin implementation of a plan
for the closure or consolidation of such area and district offices as the
Postal Service considers necessary and appropriate so that, by October 1, 2015,
the combined total number of area and district offices will be at least 30
percent less than the corresponding combined total as of September 30, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3797252778D842F0B232964416465CA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H65D3F3B5253843DEA90F399659384138"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
list of the area and district offices proposed for closure or consolidation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0319FBC44D564CA6B89B050309C3B0F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
proposed schedule under which closures and consolidations of area and district
offices would be carried out;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27A0B5CDACF9497BA254D2CF21E29FB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the estimated
total annual cost savings attributable to the proposed closures and
consolidations described in the plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAB6058B0FE846209AA91B36ABB17878"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the criteria and
process used to develop the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4992F4E9B83B43F4BBBF9BE285FA9D9D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the methodology
and assumptions used to derive the estimates described in paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EB0FE233EE34E3289E97C4283F2B56D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any changes to the
processing, transportation, delivery, or other postal operations anticipated as
a result of the proposed closures and consolidations described in the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA44B1FBEA472499A891D42A8FE109CE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan submission
revision</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the plan shall be submitted to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives. Any revision to the plan
shall be submitted not later than 14 days after such revision is adopted by the
Postal Service.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Postal Service
Governance</header>
<subtitle id="HB943FF290CF7446B9909E97AD65854F6"><enum>A</enum><header>Temporary
Governance Authority</header>
<section id="HB8AEC5F125034FAD9346E73F5819587B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purposes</header>
<subsection id="HD75379EA3765401F8733ED46C8A52502"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this subtitle are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H0D0207B58750446BB678C2C7C38E81D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To eliminate
budget deficits and cash shortages of the Postal Service through strategic
financial planning, sound budgeting, accurate revenue forecasts, and careful
spending.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C18B6D03E2B4C7B986C289D42D0579C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To ensure that
universal service, as required by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/101">section 101</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code,
is maintained during the period of any fiscal emergency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H690FA62A48874B6CB2B120BBFC64885A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To conduct
necessary investigations and studies to determine the fiscal status and
operational efficiency of the Postal Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB062869636B480195F799016CA37B95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To assist the
Postal Service in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCDCD1A727BF4AE5889250947802ADAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restructuring its
organization and workforce to bring expenses in line with diminishing revenue
and generate sufficient profits for capital investments and repayment of debt;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AF660D119F3439BA4E18634F49F1A9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meeting all fiscal
obligations to the Treasury of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF28CF95A0A38468A9A411852D2735AB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring the
appropriate and efficient delivery of postal services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CECAF6AF2584BB8B53E20EB6210349A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To ensure the
long-term financial, fiscal, and economic vitality and operational efficiency
of the Postal Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE51AE8A102114F96BDE2CAB52FE2658D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation of
powers</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle may be construed—</text>
<paragraph id="HCFBC3E6906C04DF2913E0A1B6C263D1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to relieve any obligation of the Postal
Service to the Treasury of the United States existing as of the date of
enactment of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B3B87A0D5E848FCA69E9EE6F3C7B0D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to limit the
authority of Congress to exercise legislative authority over the Postal
Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4EED68817DB94F38B43AAB35CCFF49BB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Postal Service Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority</header>
<subsection id="H0C57B4AACE2046F184C45D26AA0A7020"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established, in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, an entity
to be known as the <quote>Postal Service Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority</quote> (hereinafter in this subtitle referred
to as the <quote>Authority</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43A3E1DD573E42E5824F4A439304AD2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operations
during the control period</header>
<paragraph id="HEBB6F2744BC64C25BF72B3F8A08C4A8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Control period
defined</header><text>For the purposes of this subtitle, the term <term>control
period</term> means the period that commences on the date as of which the
Authority has at least 4 members and terminates as of the date determined under
paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA31375B093BE44739B845658E63797DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of
authorities and responsibilities</header><text>Effective as of the date on
which the control period commences—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42EB8D0BAAD74702904E4B566CDA7C19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subsections (a)
and (b) of section 202 are repealed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3886B3326BA64614A8275C37AFF33DCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term of office
of each of the 9 Governors (appointed under the second sentence of section
202(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code, as last in effect before the date of
enactment of this Act) shall terminate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEEB700490E4741EC99571080B44A575D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Authority
shall assume its responsibilities, as set forth in section 206.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62AB083CABD944FAA4AA2BA010DB7FF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain executives</header>
<subparagraph id="HAEDEA7F5576D49FC9011B3CF4DFFDBC2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
the purposes of this section, the term <term>Level-Two Postal Service
Executive</term> includes the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster
General, and all the other officers and employees of the Postal Service in
level two of the Postal Career Executive Service (or the equivalent), but does
not include any officer or employee of the Office of Inspector General of the
United States Postal Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9253C7767A6145C391F5A658A3E58E91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or the provisions of any employment contract, during
the control period—</text>
<clause id="H0F9CABF496DF467AB649BFF9754B65BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all
Level-Two Postal Service Executives shall serve at the pleasure of the
Authority;</text>
</clause><clause id="H11A8029783DE4DCA89E4740CA262726E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
duties and responsibilities of all Level-Two Postal Service Executives, as well
as the terms and conditions of their employment (including their compensation),
shall be subject to determination or redetermination by the Authority;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5752AEDE7CB64393A3F76539613995D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>total
compensation of a Level-Two Postal Service Executive may not, for the first
full fiscal year occurring in such control period or any subsequent fiscal year
commencing in such control period, exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable
for level I of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5312">section 5312</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, for that year; for purposes of this clause, the term <term>total
compensation</term> means basic pay, bonuses, awards, and all other monetary
compensation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE8FB8BA38CC34BB19FE8C56A158FC95A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the percentage by
which the rate of basic pay of a Level-Two Postal Service Executive is
increased during any year may not exceed the percentage change in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, unadjusted for seasonal variation, for the
most recent 12-month period available, except that, in the case of a Level-Two
Postal Service Executive who has had a significant change in job
responsibilities, a greater change shall be allowable if approved by the
Authority;</text>
</clause><clause id="H497D7E1CCA3F4FB18F20FD5C0B92ED8A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>apart from basic
pay, a Level-Two Postal Service Executive may not be afforded any bonus, award,
or other monetary compensation for any full fiscal year in the control period
if expenditures of the Postal Service for such fiscal year exceeded revenues of
the Postal Service for such fiscal year (determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0868D47B0D0A4A3887EC46E92FDAEF87"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>no
deferred compensation may be paid, accumulated, or recognized in the case of
any Level-Two Postal Service Executive, with respect to any full year in the
control period, which is not generally paid, accumulated, or recognized in the
case of employees of the United States (outside of the Postal Service) in level
I of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5312">section 5312</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
with respect to such year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA7AFB078FE944349D81EE3BE5B3F5FC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Bonus
authority</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/3686">Section 3686</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, shall,
during the period beginning on the commencement date of the control period and
ending on the termination date of the control period—</text>
<clause id="H19072709BC314A75BB9ACAC8030D8831"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be
suspended with respect to all Level-Two Postal Service Executives; but</text>
</clause><clause id="HA1400BE6B7274847B00A8A5573B4D0D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>remain in effect
for all other officers and employees of the Postal Service otherwise covered by
this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9500B8C1D67A41F699B3C54E420FF248"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certification
requirement</header><text>The control period may not terminate until after the
Authority, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, certifies to the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F84DADCB5FE447591E9F77470F9F04F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for 2 consecutive
fiscal years (occurring after the date of enactment of this Act), expenditures
of the Postal Service did not exceed revenues of the Postal Service (as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44D846D8002B4D2BBD6B1D345C709E6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Authority has
approved a Postal Service financial plan and budget that shows expenditures of
the Postal Service not exceeding revenues of the Postal Service (as so
determined) for the fiscal year to which such budget pertains and each of the
next 3 fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF881E2E40A374B2AA0B5F7E7BE91DAEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Postal Service
financial plan and budget (as referred to in subparagraph (B)) includes plans—</text>
<clause id="H8BA694CAE3F8414C9447B226C430AB52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for
the repayment of any collateralized debt authorized by section 503; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H276A0AEDF4B845808492A534F87F3671"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to properly fund
Postal Service pensions and retiree health benefits in accordance with
applicable provisions of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49E4C157C8864AC18AEA116E4B799649"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Termination of
control period</header>
<subparagraph id="HE68573407A7C4AA48036E29BDB0F1864"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Termination
date</header>
<clause id="HBC4C8CCC00E340D69D8E7CFDD654A5A7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the control period shall
terminate 180 days after the date on which the certification described in
paragraph (4) is made.</text>
</clause><clause id="H29CE132C99374FC2BCD08070C3F1D5CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Alternative
date</header>
<subclause id="H8F128EE660F14FFDA3879CE7F170AF05"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget may, by written notice given to
the Authority within 15 days after the date on which the certification
described in paragraph (4) is made, provide for an alternative termination date
(in lieu of the date that would otherwise apply under clause (i)).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H12269C351D1C4935BF1F04C4685F10FC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Range</header><text>An
alternative date under this clause shall not apply unless such date occurs not
less than 30 days after the date on which written notice under subclause (I) is
given and not later than 180 days after the date on which the certification
described in paragraph (4) is made.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC20C29C5280466F8A8BD71CBB75CA40"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text>The Authority shall cause to be published in the Federal
Register—</text>
<clause id="HB084EB478BA7405E9645791A63C91209"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
date on which the certification described in paragraph (4) is made, not later
than 1 business day after the date on which such certification is made;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E6B456B9B474EBC8E580A97E03EA1FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
termination date of the control period, not later than 16 business days after
the date on which the certification described in paragraph (4) is made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFF85FE58848146F893707D112B2FD248"><enum>203.</enum><header>Membership and
qualification requirements</header>
<subsection id="H94421D77792E4F4DAA5481C64C2B02BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H6CDD3D02845B4E38A85F65F39C4B5C93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Authority shall consist of 5 members appointed by the
President who meet the qualifications described in subsection (b), except that
the Authority may take any action under this subtitle at any time after the
President has appointed the initial 4 of its members. Members of the Authority
shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF038C948125449A8276E74FA23EBE0C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Of
the 5 members so appointed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0583C838FB542EEB61804E88C679F2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 shall be
appointed by the President taking into account any individuals recommended by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9443264036D54731BA6AE170BFC872D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 shall be
appointed by the President taking into account any individuals recommended by
the majority leader of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E1FEC7CF36C453D964F7BDC5042B0B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 shall be
appointed by the President taking into account any individuals recommended by
the minority leader of the House of Representatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF01E1E9BD6EF4818987025F786DB7B92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 shall be
appointed by the President taking into account any individuals recommended by
the minority leader of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE09ACA1DC1E64B63BB08108EB440A9C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 shall be
appointed by the President taking into account any individuals recommended by
the Comptroller General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35DE72DD8E614D7F8D21EFD091FC8835"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Political
affiliation</header><text>No more than 3 members of the Authority may be of the
same political party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E190DEDFCA148C8853C859BCD357149"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The
President shall designate 1 of the members of the Authority as the Chair of the
Authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25069544FF3546BBA963380FFEDAAA17"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding deadline for appointment</header><text>It is the sense of
Congress that the President should appoint the members of the Authority as soon
as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, but no later than 30
days after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EC59E9E09F7485F8FCF23B90F751B8A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Term of
service</header>
<subparagraph id="H8B7EA7FBA4214A8F9802EDC8C834D33B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each member of
the Authority shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63572119E1744E7A9410D0294DA55650"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appointment for
term following initial term</header><text>As designated by the President at the
time of appointment for the term immediately following the initial term, of the
members appointed for the term immediately following the initial term—</text>
<clause id="H983289F98D774CA5AC0DB878B052F459"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1
member shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H380338B7EE6347F5815ED1C31F484E4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2
members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8662F4FA37DB408D8BE8BBFE52A3EEEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2
members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68341707B7CC4246820BE2186A95AEFD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies and
succession</header><text>Any member of the Authority appointed to fill a
vacancy before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of the
member of the Authority was appointed shall serve for the remainder of such
term.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8970A07948534C50936D8C0F5EF07C31"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>The
President may remove any member of the Authority only for cause.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H793B932F2A8D449999C3AE4D9E683FDF"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Compensation for
service</header><text>Each member of the Authority shall be paid for full-time
service at a rate of pay equivalent to the rate of basic pay payable for level
III of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5314">section 5314</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE555DF116F15494C8C96A6655B97B5D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualification
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H4985327F15264580A921F9E17D812A43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An individual meets the qualifications for membership on
the Authority if the individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5ED7C885A76E4621BC1CC15C186F625E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has significant
knowledge and expertise in finance, management, and the organization or
operation of businesses having more than 500 employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3C5945919624300BDD6B8AB7AEC3A9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represents the
public interest generally, is not a representative of specific interests using
or belonging to the Postal Service, and does not have any business or financial
interest in any enterprise in the private sector of the economy engaged in the
delivery of mail matter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1FB1F531E3F4E979636638BF01D404A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
conditions</header><text>An individual shall not be considered to satisfy
paragraph (1)(B) if, at any time during the 5-year period ending on the date of
appointment, such individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8187959EB88E40F3A15C3C451C1F697A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been an
officer, employee, or private contractor with the Postal Service, United States
Postal Service Inspector General, or the Postal Regulatory Commission; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B9E3B67DDFE49D094140DABEC8DA8D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has served as an
employee or contractor of a labor organization representing employees of the
Postal Service, the United States Postal Service Inspector General, or the
Postal Regulatory Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H92DD6EF88F57471582BF4ACBBC8AB539"><enum>204.</enum><header>Organization
and staff</header>
<subsection id="HC6AE71E623304C6DBCF814579F704BAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adoption of
bylaws for conducting business</header><text>As soon as practicable after the
appointment of its members, the Authority shall adopt bylaws, rules, and
procedures governing its activities under this subtitle, including procedures
for hiring experts and consultants. Upon adoption, such bylaws, rules, and
procedures shall be submitted by the Authority to the Postmaster General, the
President, and Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF1A88666DD9F4026ACF058755D25DB29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Executive
director and staff</header>
<paragraph id="H99B0E70A7DF54D7580A4D1F27B464C14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive
director</header><text>The Authority shall have an Executive Director who shall
be appointed by the Chair with the consent of the Authority. The Executive
Director shall be paid at a rate determined by the Authority, except that such
rate may not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28965BBAEF1840D1AB9D7E61EF488834"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>With
the approval of the Authority, the Executive Director may appoint and fix the
pay of such additional personnel as the Executive Director considers
appropriate, except that no individual appointed by the Executive Director may
be paid at a rate greater than the rate of pay for the Executive Director.
Personnel appointed under this paragraph shall serve at the pleasure of the
Executive Director.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46DF379CF4144A0985FD4D15D0C2B7BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of certain civil service laws</header><text>The Executive Director and staff of
the Authority may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and paid
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03BE433CECFB405DA703337BEFCE9670"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Staff of Federal
agencies</header><text>Upon request of the Chair, the head of any Federal
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis,
any of the personnel of such department or agency to the Authority to assist it
in carrying out its duties under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4781123F20154B1382C343718D7DAAAE"><enum>205.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="H5701BA1F4C3D49AFA8ED598F66D4DE5C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to
be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, such sums as may be necessary
for the Authority. In requesting an appropriation under this section for a
fiscal year, the Authority shall prepare and submit to the Congress under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2009">section 2009</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, a budget of the Authority’s
expenses, including expenses for facilities, supplies, compensation, and
employee benefits, not to exceed $10,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7763D2C14EC4472AA7EF9993479888C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial
rule</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
effective as of the date on which at least 4 members of the Authority have been
appointed, there shall be available to the Authority, out of the Postal Service
Fund, such sums as the Authority may require in order to carry out this
subtitle, not to exceed the amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="H24AE1EC3B5CB4627ACA4116164F0EA70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the dollar amount
specified in subsection (a), times</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA44609F469244CC392F308202BACF753"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
fraction—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB10A68820EC4162B4A088A1059B1AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the numerator of
which is the number of months remaining in the fiscal year as of the date on
which at least 4 members of the Authority have been appointed (rounding any
fraction of a month to the next highest whole number); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B58B24B9CB4410FB2EA8FFA9F52A816"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the denominator of
which is 12.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H570F5823C0964AEAB9F8B38FC88895AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment to
section 2009</header><text>Section 2009 is amended in the next to last
sentence—</text>
<paragraph id="H256EA4FAA9D2495898891B1169245FF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (3)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7687787524974A448A7B9CD93CDAE9EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting <quote>, and (4) the Postal Service Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority requests to be appropriated,
out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 205 of the
<short-title>Postal Reform Act of
2013</short-title>.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H742306E9D34A4B38AA8B63174CA5A2DA"><enum>206.</enum><header>Responsibilities
and powers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The exercise of the
powers of the Postal Service shall be directed by the Authority, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EE58C9824984848A6965C70817D1F98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all duties and
responsibilities ascribed to the Governors and the Board of Governors by title
39, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCBF4AE7DFB04C3FBC8092B7C3B416BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determining the
overall strategies of the Postal Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD180E99F1A0474F87AE4F36CDFFD8D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>hiring,
monitoring, compensating, and, when necessary, replacing senior management at
the level of vice president and higher, as well as ensuring adequate succession
planning for these positions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C246DF8D0C2486581D2B6A0CE9E89A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>approving major
policies, particularly those that have an important effect on the Postal
Service’s financial position and the provision of universal postal service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF608FBF2C0164D298C1E9DE6200B09C4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>approving
corporate budgets, financial and capital plans, operational and service
performance standards and targets, human resource strategies,
collective-bargaining strategies, negotiation parameters, collective-bargaining
agreements, and the compensation structure for nonbargaining employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7761D848B4E644FABDCF1B2C8A395A9F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>formulating and
communicating organizational policy and positions on legislative and other
public policy matters to Congress and the public; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD88B5EA29FBF44C3BC8F91C07D4BF9A9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>carrying out any
responsibility, not otherwise listed in this section, that was the
responsibility of the Board of Governors of the Postal Service at any time
during the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE11B3169B3BF41ACB8BEABFDE95D8782"><enum>207.</enum><header>Development of
financial plan and budget for the solvency of the Postal Service</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H200CCB349CB14E879AC3B6703FA45AC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of
financial plan and budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
each fiscal year during a control period, the Postmaster General shall submit
to the Authority, by August 1 before the start of such fiscal year, a financial
plan and budget for such fiscal year for the long-term solvency of the Postal
Service, except that, for fiscal year 2014, the deadline for submission of the
plan and budget under this subsection shall be the 30th day after a majority of
the Authority take office. If a majority of the Authority do not take office
before August 1, 2014, the requirement for a financial plan and budget under
this subsection for fiscal year 2014 is waived.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5EA1849EF2D6483E923B094E68E7B678"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
financial plan and budget</header><text>A financial plan and budget under this
section for a fiscal year shall specify the budget for the Postal Service as
required by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2009">section 2009</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, for the applicable
fiscal year and each of the next 3 fiscal years, in accordance with the
following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H9A89BC062E0A44E2BEBE7828C9FE14EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall meet the requirements described in subsection (c) to promote
the financial stability of the Postal Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA85D93336A2A4F84B853F87C362DC777"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF4E4037D0984044ADCE00F951CA5C11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the Postal
Service’s annual budget program (under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2009">section 2009</external-xref> of title 39, United States
Code) and the Postal Service’s plan commonly referred to as its
<quote>Integrated Financial Plan</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9957A16D7124463AEBF902CFFE44409"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe lump-sum
expenditures by all categories traditionally used by the Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H144AEC7E222D438E869055DF5D16A623"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe capital
expenditures (together with a schedule of projected capital commitments and
cash outlays of the Postal Service and proposed sources of funding);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61A8AAF8ADFA4E15B27C8BC197B6B1EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contain estimates
of overall debt (both outstanding and anticipated to be issued); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2D7B28A47974A3DA700C67DF17815A2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>contain cash flow
and liquidity forecasts for the Postal Service at such intervals as the
Authority may require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7C2E4A4CFAD44F59273EEEA11061766"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall include a statement describing methods of estimations and
significant assumptions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CB8193CD71F4854845D68584C29D40F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall include any other provisions and shall meet such other
criteria as the Authority considers appropriate to meet the purposes of this
subtitle, including provisions for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA26C35453080404D9619F17C643CFD06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>changes in
personnel policies and levels for each component of the Postal Service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27DF9AC4ACB846639A90C52C48A36C18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>management
initiatives to promote productivity, improvement in the delivery of services,
or cost savings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36D25AF9904F42C991930F211E3378C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements To
promote financial stability</header>
<paragraph id="H20423B9FF2084BF8ACFB5C49C3E72AAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The requirements to promote the solvency and financial
stability of the Postal Service applicable to the financial plan and budget for
a fiscal year are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H60609FDB2D27405C9ED9D8A28BE2F88E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016 and each subsequent fiscal year during a control period, budgeted
expenditures of the Postal Service for the fiscal year involved may not exceed
budgeted revenues of the Postal Service for the fiscal year involved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3559C6BC289A416AA4EFAEC5E18A473F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In each fiscal
year where a financial plan and budget must be developed, the financial plan
and budget shall provide for continuous, substantial progress toward long-term
fiscal solvency of the Postal Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E4687C0F29D4735BFCA0C78A5A81756"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall provide for the orderly repayment of any outstanding
obligations authorized under section 503.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD12044D9928D46CFB73F55DC57C78937"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The financial plan
and budget shall assure the continuing long-term solvency of the Postal
Service, as indicated by factors such as the efficient management of the Postal
Service’s workforce and the effective provision of services by the Postal
Service. In so doing, the financial plan and budget shall consider—</text>
<clause id="HC77304C45BC643E1AB87161FF6A96FC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
legal authority of the Postal Service;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0A8A94D38424C1CB81C16DB99CCDB04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
changes in the legal authority and responsibilities of the Postal Service under
this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE491555DDB134DBF93CCD307FAEE151A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any cost savings
that the Postal Service anticipates will be achieved through negotiations with
employees of the Postal Service;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC711E4246B284968AB3A95445F315BF8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>projected changes
in mail volume;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE9EF18AB2E2427EA48B3F4CEA2F0BBF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
impact of regulations the Postal Service was required by law to promulgate;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA469508AC9084B08BED513B490C2B122"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>projected changes
in the number of employees needed to carry out the responsibilities of the
Postal Service; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H03EEB4301D8D40C695A3ADFFBF1695D5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the long-term
capital needs of the Postal Service, including the need to maintain, repair,
and replace facilities and equipment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D0EFAD1C10F49C7A4ADC351862A93BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
sound budgetary practices</header><text>In meeting the requirements described
in paragraph (1) with respect to a financial plan and budget for a fiscal year,
the Postal Service shall apply sound budgetary practices, including reducing
costs and other expenditures, improving productivity, increasing revenues, or a
combination of such practices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H776A51EFFBCD4C16B5D6D92AF5AD5C72"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assumptions
based on current law</header><text>In meeting the requirements described in
paragraph (1) with respect to a financial plan and budget for a fiscal year,
the Postal Service shall base estimates of revenues and expenditures on Federal
law as in effect at the time of the preparation of such financial plan and
budget.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3EB6684AFF6948E1B6E50268B57F5DF0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
the purposes of this section, the term <term>long-term solvency</term> means
the ability of the Postal Service over the long term to pay debts and meet
expenses, including the ability to perform maintenance and repairs, make
investments, and maintain financial reserves, as necessary to fulfill the
requirements and comply with the policies of title 39, United States Code, and
other obligations of the Postal Service.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H75DF36CCA0E648C1A96635721012D630"><enum>208.</enum><header>Process for
submission and approval of financial plan and budget</header>
<subsection id="HAF84CC880A1142ADB917580AFA3B8AD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review by the
authority</header><text>Upon receipt of a financial plan and budget required by
section 207, the Authority shall promptly review such financial plan and
budget. In conducting the review, the Authority may request any additional
information it considers necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F3D6799338541EEADF2E09FAB632161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval of
postmaster general’s financial plan and budget</header>
<paragraph id="H4B19015870CE459AB1486CC79C04CC37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Authority determines that the final financial plan
and budget for the fiscal year submitted by the Postmaster General under
subsection (a) meets the requirements of section 207—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D6BF9DBDB2D4546AB731D7248222699"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Authority
shall approve the financial plan and budget and shall provide the Postmaster
General, the President, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs in the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in
the House of Representatives with a notice certifying its approval; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B5437F1A60043268D989D61AED00D57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Postmaster
General shall promptly submit the annual budget program for the relevant fiscal
year to the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to section 2009 of title
39, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A34F791DA3D41C5B53BD1B9C3CDE6FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deemed approval
after 30 days</header><text>If the Authority has not provided the Postmaster
General, the President, and Congress with a notice certifying approval under
paragraph (1)(A) or a statement of disapproval under subsection (c) before the
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the Authority receives
the financial plan and budget from the Postmaster General under subsection (a),
the Authority shall be deemed to have approved the financial plan and budget
and to have provided the Postmaster General, the President, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in the Senate, and the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives with the notice
certifying approval under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C02E421F1CA48C3A8ED7EB68F8541FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disapproval of
postmaster general’s financial plan and budget</header>
<paragraph id="H492359B5A01C4CE084BF0153DB5CEB0F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If, after reviewing the financial plan and budget for a
fiscal year submitted by the Postmaster General under subsection (a) in
accordance with the procedures described in this section, the Authority
determines that the revised final financial plan and budget does not meet the
applicable requirements under section 207, the Authority shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAAA6CA431974393AFE213656B100779"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disapprove the
financial plan and budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF652EEE00070480DB7D6240E0338B3DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide the
Postmaster General, the President, and Congress with a statement containing the
reasons for such disapproval and describing the amount of any shortfall in the
financial plan and budget; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8999BDC1FD014FDC8C6AD87A1114BEB4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve and
recommend a financial plan and budget for the Postal Service which meets the
applicable requirements under section 207, and submit such financial plan and
budget to the Postmaster General, the President, the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs in the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform in the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H554FFBB0B40046EAA14A6EAB96BD6F03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission to
OMB</header><text>Upon receipt of the recommended financial plan and budget
under paragraph (1)(C), the Postmaster General shall promptly submit the
recommended annual budget program to the Office of Management and Budget
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2009">section 2009</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FA0173E3CA4481287864D26527F6452"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for
transmission of financial plan and budget by the
Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
not later than September 30th before the start of each fiscal year for which a
financial plan and budget is required, the Authority shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5B6ED882BF1408C89966136415337A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide Congress
with a notice certifying its approval of the Postmaster General’s financial
plan and budget for the fiscal year under subsection (c); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC2C8B8E44254DC4B03CBFF078C5E327"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to Congress
an approved and recommended financial plan and budget developed by the
Authority for the fiscal year under subsection (c)(1)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF89C8EFA079F442A9869C6A82741ED89"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Revisions to
financial plan and budget</header>
<paragraph id="H727DEA5A016A4A5D8DB1FDC3428F6F03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permitting
postmaster general to submit revisions</header><text>The Postmaster General may
submit proposed revisions to the financial plan and budget for the control
period to the Authority at any time during the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41A9A46B1EFD436B8AC6138B582C636F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Process for
review, approval, disapproval, and postmaster general action</header><text>The
procedures described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply with respect
to a proposed revision to a financial plan and budget in the same manner as
such procedures apply with respect to the original financial plan and budget.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H460922975B5A44BAB3FE39D4BB806ECD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements of
the Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HC61E86401B794989A8CF1E20FC8E7195"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It shall be the policy of the Authority to direct the
Postal Service to take any action necessary and permitted by law to ensure that
the approved financial plan and budget is fully implemented over the course of
each fiscal year and that the budgetary goals for expenses and revenues are
achieved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EFF7481D6D4418F88096AF2F2929AAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
fiduciary actions</header><text>In addition to paragraph (1), the Authority
shall take any additional actions it deems necessary and permitted by law to
ensure the requirements of the financial plan and budget are achieved in
practice so that the total revenue of the Postal Service exceeds its total
operating expenses for the full fiscal year not later than fiscal year 2016 and
each fiscal year thereafter. Such actions may include accelerating the
conversion of door delivery points to more cost-effective delivery methods, the
consolidation of additional mail processing facilities, transition to a 2-day
or 3-day First-Class Mail delivery standard for the continental United States,
and any other action consistent with this Act and the provisions of title 39,
United States Code. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>total
operating expenses</term> refers to all categories of expenses identified under
that term in the Report on Form 10–K filed by the Postal Service for fiscal
year 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1F0705BDF86D49F6A98D15BDE0C1DE53"><enum>209.</enum><header>Dissolution of
the Authority; reconstitution of the Board of Governors</header>
<subsection id="H1E279CD03C864DA8A1F8B75A8CB961B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective as of the
date on which the control period terminates (as determined under section
202(b)(5))—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F3822A37A6C4D8DA783F2292D751F5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Authority is
dissolved; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC0178F8C78A41E4A9942779024A3F17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 202 of
title 39, United States Code (as amended by section 202(b)(2)(A) of this Act)
is amended by inserting after the section heading the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C0D5C45BD374F2CADFA090601C27483" style="USC">
<subsection id="H2F75A385D8AC408E827E16C86159FB58"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3492C7B0C2AE4D09A6A9DBC333177054"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exercise of the power of the Postal
Service shall be directed by a Board of Governors composed of 5 members
appointed in accordance with this section. The members, to be known as
Governors, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. Not more than 3 of the Governors may be adherents of the
same political party. The Governors shall elect a Chairman from among the
individual Governors. The Governors shall represent the public interest
generally, and shall be chosen solely on the basis of their experience in the
field of public administration, law, or accounting, or on their demonstrated
ability in managing organizations or corporations (in either the public or
private sector) of substantial size; except that at least 3 of the Governors
shall be chosen solely on the basis of their demonstrated ability in managing
organizations or corporations (in either the public or private sector) that
employ at least 10,000 employees. The Governors shall not be representatives of
specific interests using the Postal Service, and may be removed only for cause.
Each Governor shall receive a salary of $30,000 a year plus $300 a day for not
more than 42 days of meetings each year and shall be reimbursed for travel and
reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board. Nothing in the
preceding sentence shall be construed to limit the number of days of meetings
each year to 42 days.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B89BD2DBE024C508BB3FE676FEB6952" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting the individuals described in
paragraph (1) for nomination for appointment to the position of Governor, the
President should consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the
Senate, and the minority leader of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H843E84CB59FB4F3CB2C953470CE9276C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the end of
each fiscal year, the Board of Governors shall submit an itemized report
describing all travel and reimbursable business travel expenses paid to each
Governor when performing Board duties to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The report submitted under
this paragraph shall include a detailed justification for any travel or
reimbursable business travel expense that deviates from the Board’s travel and
reimbursable business travel expense policies and guidelines under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99DBB21133574A6BB368005658849E9F"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H629FAFD4BE814CB39435347AA2448D4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The terms of the 5
Governors shall be 7 years, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B5AD19C0F134DCA9F9E8C4AD94EF900" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon the reconstitution of the Board
of Governors pursuant to the <short-title>Postal Reform
Act of 2013</short-title>—</text>
<clause id="H102973827388424D94E7BEECBA0F0D1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the 5 members last comprising the
Postal Service Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
before the termination of the control period (as defined in section 202(b)(1)
of the <short-title>Postal Reform Act of
2013</short-title>) shall become the initial members of the reconstituted Board
of Governors; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H55036FE383A84B82B9F656E64DEB78E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term of each of the 5
respective individuals under clause (i) shall expire at the end of the term
which would have applied with respect to that individual, if—</text>
<subclause id="H4B4A5C7C97594196A700FCD80161174F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the control period (as so defined) had
not terminated; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H71EA2E177E9D4F5E8974D14B46432B30"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such individual had remained a member of
the Postal Service Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC01010361FF48A7AEC3F2419C97602E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the terms of the Governors first
taking office after the initial Governors of the reconstituted Board (as
described in subparagraph (A)) shall be as fixed by the President at the time
of their appointment, except that each such term—</text>
<clause id="H9FF4FECFF5424319B245B6563E21AEAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be for a period of years not
less than 3 years and not more than 7 years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFBB80B82A9884EBC8D402DB0AC4EE766"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be fixed such that the term of not
more than 1 Governor is thereafter scheduled to expire in any calendar year
(determined disregarding the term of an initial Governor expiring as described
in subparagraph (A)(ii)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBF7130226B7405C8E038B2D7464787D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Governor appointed to fill a vacancy
before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall
serve for the remainder of such term. A Governor may continue to serve after
the expiration of his term until his successor has qualified, but not to exceed
1 year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33119A02A4614D74A5FB6265FDD941A1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person may serve more than 14 years as a
Governor. For purposes of the preceding sentence, there shall be taken into
account any period served as a member of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C4113EBDA824709BD398AAF5DB90A29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Postal Service Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECB3F7538905433FB1EB6FD88E5406B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Board of Governors, as constituted
before the start of the control period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39B260E2271B47ADA18F988462846484"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1A495A2D79FA4ED699D618133894E205"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 102(3) is
amended by striking <quote>9</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F3EB08C49B641D0BDDCFB746E5F361F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 205(c) is
amended by striking all after <quote>present, and</quote> and inserting
<quote>an absolute majority of the Governors in office shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business by the Board.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H71D377CBCC86469B9E5551923A8507B1"><enum>B</enum><header>Other
Matters</header>
<section commented="no" id="HE91BDE925FB5457A85471A2D6EED34B1"><enum>211.</enum><header>Appointment of
the Postal Service Inspector General</header>
<subsection id="H93BD75CDE4424DE5A836C467DF98DEF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment of
Inspector General of the Postal Service by President</header><text>The
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H087546CFCDD247949C2E933C695D4C51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
8G—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09C6B64AA9E34B38B83E7C98D9E606DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="HFA5F45C3E5DA4594BFC2F47B1B6B95EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the
United States Postal Service</quote> and inserting <quote>and the Postal
Regulatory Commission</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H45281189FADD4E3F85B683CDD40C3F7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3), by striking <quote>subsection (h)(1)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (g)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52DC9C9639FC4A9BB4FEA32671F9D6CC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4)—</text>
<subclause id="H1D213362C6204A1EA76FEB0E5E9EF917"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (h)(1)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (g)(1)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2AD0CA8CC7B14EC68CD415BA7D967297"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD3D42AD5684C439781AE313D3F694C3C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (C) through (H) as subparagraphs (B) through (G),
respectively;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C481613FD714CFEA8EE2E56D1F218D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking <quote>Except as provided under subsection (f) of this section,
the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87EF6557CCA5492D8F39878F9EF164D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90B6910DDB7D48B89CECF2C0887579AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H89F7613AAFC848C1B8946BAC813522F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 8L the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C7DA92462FB4B1A8546A3C24DECD7D5" style="OLC">
<section id="HBBED9E2F9B054043A074E24ECE6463AC"><enum>8M.</enum><header>Special
provisions concerning the Inspector General of the United States Postal
Service</header>
<subsection id="H25C43101710A4389873B514CF394D1C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Oversight of
Postal Inspection Service</header><text>In carrying out the duties and
responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General of the United
States Postal Service (in this section referred to as the <quote>Inspector
General</quote>) shall have oversight responsibility for all activities of the
Postal Inspection Service, including any internal investigation performed by
the Postal Inspection Service. The Chief Postal Inspector shall promptly report
the significant activities being carried out by the Postal Inspection Service
to such Inspector General.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H519BF0D5EC6440A598ABB1BABD1E70F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supervision;
additional duties and responsibilities; report</header>
<paragraph id="H4AF9D19DE4304A0AA8663BD292979252"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority,
direction, and control</header>
<subparagraph id="H716AA32D7EC249538034D8475B511272"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Audits,
investigations, subpoenas</header><text>The Inspector General shall be under
the authority, direction, and control of the Governors with respect to audits
or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, which require access to
sensitive information concerning—</text>
<clause id="HB1E20804B36D49DA98DFB6C263BF7C49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ongoing civil or
criminal investigations or proceedings;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3BB2C0D022504405BCE21A620F1ED5B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>undercover
operations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA92A874E49224C3A89A7A1B8C0BC5A86"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the identity of
confidential sources, including protected witnesses;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DE090E3A1C5452398936A4FC311DCE2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>intelligence or
counterintelligence matters; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA10CA32D3D94991B5960A3FF82C9E35"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other matters the
disclosure of which would constitute a serious threat to national
security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H436F2704239742DE95FB838820903172"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority of
Governors</header><text>With respect to the information described under
subparagraph (A), the Governors may prohibit the Inspector General from
carrying out or completing any audit or investigation, or from issuing any
subpoena, after such Inspector General has decided to initiate, carry out, or
complete such audit or investigation or to issue such subpoena, if the
Governors determine that such prohibition is necessary to prevent the
disclosure of any information described under subparagraph (A) or to prevent
the significant impairment to the national interests of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97FDF94331BB464FA9659B1C7F42A726"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice
required</header><text>If the Governors exercise any power under subparagraph
(A) or (B), the Governors shall notify the Inspector General in writing stating
the reasons for such exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of any such notice,
the Inspector General shall transmit a copy of such notice to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to other
appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB9BBA24A69B427FAA53270E5C469A3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
duties and responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the duties and
responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A70AA299EC5471BB47C7A5FA118D868"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may initiate,
conduct, and supervise such audits and investigations in the United States
Postal Service as the Inspector General considers appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F0FB6FE91C6417183BF40574D3684D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall give
particular regard to the activities of the Postal Inspection Service with a
view toward avoiding duplication and insuring effective coordination and
cooperation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A46DF71526C4D0FAD293BA148F8845D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Any report required to be transmitted by the Governors
to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress under section
5(d) shall also be transmitted, within the seven-day period specified under
such section, to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02A9F56900B2493EA3F26830D045CC7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Governors
defined</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>Governors</term>
has the meaning given such term by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/102">section 102(3)</external-xref> of title 39, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F06B9B5F66E4EB5A12DA79A5A1A93DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, out of
the Postal Service Fund, such sums as may be necessary for the Office of
Inspector General of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9D826C2F7A94117959CDA03E1AED6DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
12—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49B255C1ECD74B14826D5CCDF3B29BC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>or the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established under section
15301 of title 40, United States Code; or the Board of Governors of the United
States Postal Service</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2585166F173D4657B0E791C03019B553"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>or the Commissions established under section 15301 of title
40, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>the Commissions established
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, or the United States
Postal Service</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB2CCF93F50D424C9AB65413878662AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>Title 39, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF142401839B475C9DC8E8A0185AF780"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 102(4),
by striking <quote>section 202(e) of this title</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE39A7413EE2944B2AEF97A598C8EC502"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
1001(b), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>and section 3 of the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)</quote> after <quote>1001(c) of
this title</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4962AF416F1F465DBF0D4CE5030911EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
1003(a), by striking <quote>8G</quote> and inserting <quote>8M</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EFC7D9381AA4425B239085B869D1A2F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
1005(a)(3), by inserting <quote>and section 3 of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)</quote> after <quote>1001(c) of this title</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F8A08C321934DA28AED75821B8CA1C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 2003(e)
by striking <quote>8G(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>8M(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC154EC0CDA004DD9984B0E4DFC144C21"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 2009 by
striking <quote>8G(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>8M(d)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D5862A085534869AC1B045B6A0D2018"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph id="HD34A6992F2814A42A0A741AA2A28DC26"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with
respect to the first individual appointed as Inspector General of the Postal
Service after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H516FFAC4259745A79EBF4D7431739453"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this Act may be construed to alter the
authority or the length of the term of the individual serving as Inspector
General of the Postal Service on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H71080513428C43FA861DC34DA22CF08A"><enum>212.</enum><header>Membership of
the Board of Governors</header>
<subsection id="H766A15AB78F0486189EFE8DD99E8D6D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Postmaster
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(c) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H055ADF3915754246950E8510F97746B8" style="USC">
<subsection id="H66317EAFDD434519911E99827863AA3D"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governors shall appoint and shall have
the power to remove the Postmaster General. His pay and term of service shall
be fixed by the Governors.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6CAB7F5A56264B278CBAAA2E05B185EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deputy
Postmaster General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
202(d) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H298643C7431B44F2884D2F2B03C45C93" style="USC">
<subsection id="H1FD787522E4E446693B70D494830C41B"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governors shall appoint and shall have
the power to remove the Deputy Postmaster General. His term of service shall be
fixed by the Governors and the Postmaster General and his pay by the
Governors.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Postal Service
Workforce</header>
<section id="H01F048955AA348B39481FACD9800D9A8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Applicability
of reduction-in-force procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1206 is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65FB20AD6367445E9E5E751ECFA7159A" style="USC">
<subsection id="HC75F1F09BE9743C89C654D68CAAC45D5"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collective-bargaining agreements between
the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under section
1203, ratified after the date of enactment of this subsection, shall contain no
provision restricting the applicability of reduction-in-force procedures under
title 5 with respect to members of the applicable bargaining unit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA99F17DEAEF14F148237F3B590981857"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6F307042DCF44758874A3F969C01D45"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a collective-bargaining agreement
between the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under
section 1203, ratified after the date of enactment of this subsection, includes
reduction-in-force procedures which can be applied in lieu of
reduction-in-force procedures under title 5, the Postal Service may, in its
discretion, apply with respect to members of the applicable bargaining
unit—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD76FE3C057C140F394D69CDAB31D5EFC" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alternative procedures (or, if 2
or more are agreed to, 1 of the alternative procedures); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72714299C0D4407C8875D933168FDF4D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reduction-in-force procedures
under title 5.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF8E013F74BF436BA8744DCD4834FAFB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In no event may, if procedures for the
resolution of a dispute or impasse arising in the negotiation of a
collective-bargaining agreement (whether through binding arbitration or
otherwise) are invoked under this chapter, the award or other resolution
reached under such procedures provide for the elimination of, or the
substitution of any alternative procedures in lieu of, reduction-in-force
procedures under title
5.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H06ED75311C83456BA681340D98DFD4E0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Postal Service
FEHBP and FEGLI funding requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1005(d)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H37BB870BE96D4D91B5D65A88CEDFCAAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>chapters 83 and 84</quote> and inserting
<quote>chapters 83, 84, 87, and 89</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C399005B9894047B4442AB99226C0A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>Beginning not later than January 1, 2020, the Postal
Service shall withhold from pay and shall pay into the Employees Life Insurance
Fund and the Employee Health Benefits Fund the amounts specified in or
determined under chapters 87 and 89, respectively.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H163CE2DEB3914696A11157831C9928BE"><enum>303.</enum><header>Repeal of
provision relating to overall value of fringe benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The last sentence of section 1005(f) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H0BA516510830409897B64CCEB5BD8439"><enum>304.</enum><header>Modifications
relating to determination of pay comparability</header>
<subsection id="H3DE1E1A591CF4F398D095BC5B9B5D93E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Postal
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first sentence of
section 101(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H60D33E1D1BE04F1D8AC8E52964E9E6B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>total</quote> before <quote>rates and types of compensation</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC56D6B8B8A943CC89C094CA71A212FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>entire</quote> before <quote>private sector</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F788E72AF294D9B8D0C0987D673D734"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment
policy</header><text>The second sentence of section 1003(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6FD521A36D4543AC9F7C462D2575DDE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>total</quote> before <quote>compensation and benefits</quote> each place
it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B6152025D5E4775BBFA95648D5D0B62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>entire</quote> before <quote>private sector</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0E4F6B7B31049E7838500EB3D96A2C3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the amendments made by this
section, any determination of <term>total rates and types of
compensation</term> or <term>total compensation and benefits</term> shall, at a
minimum, take into account pay, health benefits, retirement benefits, life
insurance benefits, leave, holidays, and continuity and stability of
employment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4AF1464954AB4B7B8AB970589E6FE00D"><enum>305.</enum><header>Last-best-final-offer
negotiations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1207 is
amended by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73FF18D06AAC4AD3A91BA16AA2E07E1F" style="USC">
<subsection id="H00646B2A001A40A985640F6D4E3B2145"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H70A70D4A21C44E22A711871BD143E998"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If no agreement is reached within 30 days
after the appointment of a mediator under subsection (b), or if the parties
decide upon arbitration before the expiration of the 30-day period, an
arbitration board shall be established consisting of 1 member selected by the
Postal Service (from the list under paragraph (2)), 1 member selected by the
bargaining representative of the employees (from the list under paragraph (2)),
and the mediator appointed under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88093BCA403C4D158A0F6EE664F512C6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receiving a request from either of the
parties referred to in paragraph (1), the Director of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service shall provide a list of not less than 9 individuals who
are well qualified to serve as neutral arbitrators. Each person listed shall be
an arbitrator of nationwide reputation and professional nature, a member of the
National Academy of Arbitrators, and an individual whom the Director has
determined to be willing and available to serve. If, within 7 days after the
list is provided, either of the parties has not selected an individual from the
list, the Director shall make the selection within 3 days.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC995A76751F2471088B0839D894E964B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The arbitration board shall give the
parties a full and fair hearing, including an opportunity to present evidence
in support of their claims, and an opportunity to present their case in person,
by counsel, or by other representative as they may elect. The hearing shall be
concluded no more than 40 days after the arbitration board is
established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82600715F8294C7782DBD7C40DA2FE97" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No more than 7 days after the hearing is
concluded, each party shall submit to the arbitration board 2 offer packages,
each of which packages shall specify the terms of a proposed final
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3ACB43AED7C84917ABA2052D3DFF9675" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If no agreement is reached within 7 days
after the last day allowable for the submission of an offer package under
paragraph (4), each party shall submit to the arbitration board a single, final
offer package specifying the terms of a proposed final agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AB1A11C798C404D93C301B55B9BB7C8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than 3 days after the submission
of the final offer packages under paragraph (5), the arbitration board shall
select 1 of those packages as its tentative award, subject to paragraph
(7).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDED46B8326E14806A452AC62D78A0E81" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9B5E6CAC96994ECD8DB2DA54468A1E1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The arbitration board
may not select a final offer package under paragraph (6) unless it satisfies
each of the following:</text>
<clause id="H0F7AC70E85134776B9DEB93C75798226" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The offer complies with the
requirements of sections 101(c) and 1003(a).</text>
</clause><clause id="H57B00A1F2067429EA5FB7BBF7F0DDBA7" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The offer takes into account the
current financial condition of the Postal Service.</text>
</clause><clause id="H13837B8EAA044A278C03C1A2114598B5" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The offer takes into account the
long-term financial condition of the Postal Service.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H964CD73080EE44DD8AEAE09E9A15C4FF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H23D53D0A9EEB4A3E8A5031CF04CF3EB5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>If the board unanimously
determines, based on clear and convincing evidence presented during the hearing
under paragraph (3), that neither final offer package satisfies the conditions
set forth in subparagraph (A), the board shall by majority vote—</text>
<subclause id="H49EA075B60634DB3BAD649B02C4E1F3C" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>select the package that best meets
such conditions; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H303623B0247F4B05A62342712C704DCD" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>modify the package so selected to the
minimum extent necessary to satisfy such conditions.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD35B8A91DAA44D4DB33A6164C3870745" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If modification (as described in
subparagraph (B)(i)(II)) is necessary, the board shall have an additional 7
days to render its tentative award under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE3D043D3AD246F6B8668EB5EEDAB5F7" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The parties may negotiate a substitute
award to replace the tentative award selected under paragraph (6) or rendered
under paragraph (7) (as the case may be). If no agreement on a substitute award
is reached within 10 days after the date on which the tentative award is so
selected or rendered, the tentative award shall become final.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CD8672B47FB4874BA65236BA7851591" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The arbitration board shall review any
substitute award negotiated under paragraph (8) to determine if it satisfies
the conditions set forth in paragraph (7)(A). If the arbitration board, by a
unanimous vote taken within 3 days after the date on which the agreement on the
substitute award is reached under paragraph (8), determines that the substitute
award does not satisfy such conditions, the tentative award shall become final.
In the absence of a vote, as described in the preceding sentence, the
substitute agreement shall become final.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H639E7AB979A4442389087C6514F5B96F" indent="up1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>If, under paragraph (5), neither
party submits a final offer package by the last day allowable under such
paragraph, the arbitration board shall develop and issue a final award no later
than 20 days after such last day.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB093DDFAA642442588E0E8BC13EBC079" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A final award or agreement under this
subsection shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95CCE9FD8BE0449699BADA17D8F1ABF4" indent="up1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs of the arbitration board and
mediation shall be shared equally by the Postal Service and the bargaining
representative.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H46B2309D5FA14D1B90FC83B6DF16C24E"><enum>(d)</enum><text>In the case of a
bargaining unit whose recognized collective-bargaining representative does not
have an agreement with the Postal Service, if the parties fail to reach
agreement within 90 days after the commencement of collective bargaining, a
mediator shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(b), unless the parties have previously agreed to another procedure for a
binding resolution of their differences. If the parties fail to reach agreement
within 180 days after the commencement of collective bargaining, an arbitration
board shall be established to provide conclusive and binding arbitration in
accordance with the provisions of subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE11C0C3FDF5B45809B5A27617984E8AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header>Postal Service
workers’ compensation reform</header>
<subsection id="H5BF00BCA339840A8A77C6841C30FA863"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 12 months
after the triggering date of this section (as defined in subsection (e)(2)),
section 1005 is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBD53D4D427B434DB0E7EA65D77C5B27" style="USC">
<subsection id="HC3C9881E3CA8493DA09E6C37A67547A4"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H19471AE07BD04D0CA09E0DC3E5923080"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02A881C0005A4FD3AA0976ED75463CC5" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>postal employee</term>
means an officer or employee of the Postal Service or the former Post Office
Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H529F0E05E6C147508C50F72099991118" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>retirement age</term>
has the meaning given such term under section 216(l)(1) of the Social Security
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2BD0F33B9D64F3AA9F28CF047D836DB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Postal Service shall design and
administer a program for the payment of benefits for the disability or death of
an individual resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance
of such individual’s duties as a postal employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB6595A1D28B480999263306875F30B1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The program under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C3DE64CC6D3481D976A789CC2101C07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be designed by the Postal
Service in consultation with appropriate employee representatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BC88CE29CBD4EFDA5ADEA52683F1747"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not provide for any amount
payable to a disabled postal employee to be augmented on the basis of number of
dependents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01B715B156B84BC5828A048686F598C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall include provisions for automatic
transition, upon attainment of retirement age, to benefits involving,
coordinated with, or otherwise determined by reference to retirement
benefits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAFE3EB8F638D487C8D99DE3D1533B7F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the triggering date—</text>
<paragraph id="H6CFB1991596A47069CA3BE0EDBD54114"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of Personnel Management shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress recommendations for any
legislation or administrative actions which the Office considers necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section with respect to any matter within the
jurisdiction of the Office, including any amendments which may be necessary
with respect to chapter 87 or 89 of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7A5571715D944BAAA00C4F9A6ADE4BDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Postal Service shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress recommendations for any legislation which
the Postal Service considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section with respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Postal
Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83C63336CE0C4E52B01B85FAB48B49D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification
requirements</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the triggering date,
the Postal Service shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and
shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a description of the
program proposed by the Postal Service for implementation under section 1005(c)
of title 39, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). Included in the
notification provided under the preceding sentence shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H45EF57C777D04EAE9165A8E8C895B851"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
detailed statement of the benefits to be offered and the persons eligible to
receive those benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC951D79C2A94457953D0CA34E2BB343"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provisions to
ensure an orderly transition to the system proposed to be implemented;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H013902D0E5FA45A2848B71CE04485621"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other
information as the Postal Service considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6F9F8DA4565D4A868EB686235AAC8BD1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commencement
date</header><text>The program under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/1005">section 1005(c)</external-xref> of title 39, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A553894BEFB40AE9DFA8F6D57BA82FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall begin to
operate on such date as the Postmaster General shall determine, except that
such date shall be a date occurring—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD1774C947C9449B82AC264B402D98D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not earlier than
12 months after the triggering date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51ACA9DEF93C41D8A232C7A30D02C2CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 24
months after the triggering date; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62A087C664C44C30A507CF6D353C9023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall apply with
respect to amounts payable for periods beginning on or after the date on which
the program begins to operate, irrespective of date of the disability or death
to which such amounts relate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF9AE5F7C791471A9CAFC1569E446F4C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Condition
precedent</header>
<paragraph id="H31BFCCA1E9E74A65A04EC378E98159A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The preceding provisions of this section shall not become
effective until the date on which the Postal Service Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority (established under section 202)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6DF5EDBE655441185118EDD000E7466"><enum>(A)</enum><text>makes a written
determination that conditions warrant their implementation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H309DDF9687B94ED7B3DD2D0D3234669A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits such
written determination to the Postal Service, the Office of Personnel
Management, and the appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4942BCFA0068433C8DD1F37DA0073C81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Triggering
date</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>triggering date
of this section</term> or <term>triggering date</term> means the date described
in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D8F7EC209584A87B84D577A56847998"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appropriate
committees of Congress defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the
term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H57948FC261BA46E8AB7869C90691BB69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1211AED40C474DAAA27A7462B857C2AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6BEC5588F07F4D7FB89CBE629752BCA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header>
<subsection id="H9C04D3906B944CFC959E219191918AD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 10 is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2867893DE992434584E258177CAA61FC" style="USC">
<section id="HC385DC6C5B664950B05CB6F259B4F2C0"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Official time
reporting</header>
<subsection id="H2AAD809944D3480AAAF520E86CB2B498"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Not later than
March 31 of each calendar year, the Postal Service, in consultation with the
Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to each House of Congress a
report on the operation of this section during the fiscal year last ending
before the start of such calendar year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H63F756136CC1444499A3D799FD56BE78"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each report by the
Postal Service under this subsection shall include, with respect to the fiscal
year described in subsection (a), at least the following information:</text>
<paragraph id="HDBA3A0F237EC444F8045098378428E94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The total amount
of official time granted to employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D76B28138674204BE697152D0686392"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The average amount
of official time expended per bargaining unit employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9132952B3D74ED08F2A091AB7F4C871"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The specific types
of activities or purposes for which official time was granted, and the impact
which the granting of such official time for such activities or purposes had on
agency operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF9CEDCA45A649F59E19D4B59F3E80A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The total number
of employees to whom official time was granted, and, of that total, the number
who were not engaged in any activities or purposes except activities or
purposes involving the use of official time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBCBE4653FC94DCBBD25620B93DBAA79"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The total amount
of compensation (including fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connection
with activities or purposes for which they were granted official time.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36F3F48B071645B7948EE346AB26F4F9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>All information
included in a report by the Postal Service under this subsection with respect
to a fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB6507A068AA41A98AB3025367191310"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be shown
both for each supervisory and managerial organization recognized under section
1004 and labor organization recognized under section 1203 and for all
organizations together; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8680EFF420C74491B39E34B022BC8474"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be
accompanied by the corresponding information (submitted by the Postal Service
in its report under this subsection) for the fiscal year before the fiscal year
to which such report pertains, together with appropriate comparisons and
analyses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H439BB67483554000A0EFA93FA35E696E"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>official time</term> means any period of time, regardless of Postal
Service nomenclature—</text>
<paragraph id="H540077F75D4E4731A91CFA7682AA4B4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>which may be
granted to an employee under this chapter or chapter 12 (including a
collective-bargaining agreement entered into under chapter 12) to perform
representational or consultative functions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7EE8999C9224249BCB095A536F5BD77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>during which the
employee would otherwise be in a duty
status.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H58B66E16C0D84F31B2240BB249D368AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning with the report
which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first required to be
submitted by the Postal Service to each House of Congress by a date which
occurs at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC92504A0F23443729560B32BCD5BB624"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 10 is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30541481F52C450CB549DF2BD78D73D7" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1012. Official time
reporting.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Postal Service
Revenue</header>
<section id="H12654984ED3B4343B23FF2334791B271"><enum>401.</enum><header>Adequacy,
efficiency, and fairness of postal rates</header>
<subsection id="H09B2FED26FDB446D81284E22015E56AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3622(d) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D34291D76B346049A4DCDC43F36FEE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C35E9058B1A44BC92E7FAF4F07EB7FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77D3041CE47E49F1B089F6C47BB3BDD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H568B0DF942054D659A9EE16DA27B7082" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H1904F9461627450EBA8A5BC401B8BEE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to the limitation under
subparagraph (A), establish postal rates to fulfill the requirement that each
market-dominant class, product, and type of mail service (except for an
experimental product or service) bear the direct and indirect postal costs
attributable to such class, product, or type through reliably identified causal
relationships plus that portion of all other costs of the Postal Service
reasonably assignable to such class, product, or type;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A165870B76A4163AA6ECD9EA42B632B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish postal rates for each group of
functionally equivalent agreements between the Postal Service and users of the
mail that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H31B91CE441B442BFB394854E9CC7F8B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cover attributable cost;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDB77C883AD424B6691A40A8187041FC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the net financial position of the
Postal Service; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A7B2F66F99E473E819AE5BBE124D62C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">do not cause unreasonable disruption in the
marketplace, consistent with subsection (c)(10)(B);</text>
</clause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">for purposes of this subparagraph,
a group of functionally equivalent agreements shall consist of all service
agreements that are functionally equivalent to each other within the same
market-dominant product, but shall not include agreements within an
experimental product;</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3E1F32A71D14110A0DDDEDADD222705"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>subsection (c),</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)
and the provisions of title IV of the <short-title>Postal
Reform Act of 2013</short-title>,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H626D576EE9FF4D0ABACFE1481C61DAEF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBCB1A57EAFB4A248F0DB7CF6A2A42D8" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H51844E4689F841B385C65510286EA04E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>PRC
study</header>
<subparagraph id="HFA1E0F1C6B834E3EAB95D81EFDC97A27"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 90 days after
the end of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the
Postal Reform Act of 2013, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall complete a
study to determine the quantitative impact of the Postal Service’s excess
capacity on the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to any class that
bears less than 100 percent of its costs attributable (as described in
paragraph (1)(B)), according to the most recent annual determination of the
Postal Regulatory Commission under section 3653.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D8B6B97C4334996A28BED1C65701975"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
study required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="H7DCF87C075714D0DA50BF1420D878901"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be conducted pursuant to regulations that
the Postal Regulatory Commission shall prescribe within 90 days after the date
of enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2013, taking into account existing
regulations for proceedings to improve the quality, accuracy, or completeness
of ratemaking information under section 3652(e)(2) in effect on such date;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H78AC16A14839412286ED5C3D83F51467"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any year in which any class of mail
bears less than 100 percent of its costs attributable (as described in
paragraph (1)(B)), be updated annually by the Postal Service and included in
its annual report to the Commission under section 3652, using such
methodologies as the Commission shall by regulation prescribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H674858F2EA1F4035A88F3CCC738D4E32"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional
rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Starting not earlier
than 12 months and not later than 18 months after the date on which the first
study described in paragraph (4) is completed, and at least once in each
subsequent 12-month period, the Postal Service shall establish postal rates for
each loss-making class of mail to eliminate such losses (other than those
caused by the Postal Service’s excess capacity) by exhausting all unused rate
authority as well as maximizing incentives to reduce costs and increase
efficiency, subject to the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H91D48427CA064CC68372BAD40B651956"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>loss-making</term>, as used
in this paragraph with respect to a class of mail, means a class of mail that
bears less than 100 percent of its costs attributable (as described in
paragraph (1)(B)), according to the most recent annual determination of the
Postal Regulatory Commission under section 3653, adjusted to account for the
quantitative effect of excess capacity on the costs attributable of the
class.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB186EA879591489CAB0609D1C337EDD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unused rate authority shall be annually
increased by 2 percentage points for each class of mail that bears less than 90
percent of its costs attributable (as described in paragraph (1)(B)), according
to the most recent annual determination of the Postal Regulatory Commission
under section 3653, adjusted to account for the quantitative effect of excess
capacity on the costs attributable of the class, with such increase in unused
rate authority to take effect 30 days after the date that the Commission issues
such
determination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H989C2DE35C8446FEB70E3C1030650051"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Section
3622(d) is amended by adding after paragraph (5) (as added by subsection
(a)(2)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A2A5160383D4B408694B89230A75D33" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H8722634B2EB845E0A8B9DEEB47D8BABD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of paragraph (1)(B) shall
not apply to a market-dominant product for which a substantial portion of the
product’s mail volume consists of inbound international mail with terminal dues
rates determined by the Universal Postal Union (and not by bilateral agreements
or other
arrangements).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H71BD958127764A39B7F90A87F6C35176"><enum>402.</enum><header>Repeal of rate
preferences for qualified political committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of section 3626 is
repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HE5E1EB2F60844E9288D0D14D50DCE8BC"><enum>403.</enum><header>Use of
negotiated service agreements</header>
<subsection id="H57D87EB81EFC46049A3D134F725F9D8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Streamlined
review of qualifying service agreements for competitive
products</header><text>Section 3633 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC5F28C13616149ED90584D8EBD89FAA3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H50FBEE07A3E44BC9BA201455DDBEDF71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Streamlined
review</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
subsection, after notice and opportunity for comment, the Postal Regulatory
Commission shall promulgate (and may from time to time thereafter revise)
regulations for streamlined after-the-fact review of newly proposed agreements
between the Postal Service and users of the mail that provide rates not of
general applicability for competitive products. Streamlined review shall apply
only if agreements are functionally equivalent to existing agreements that have
collectively covered attributable costs and collectively improved the net
financial position of the Postal Service. The regulations issued under this
subsection shall provide that streamlined review shall be concluded not later
than 5 business days after the date on which the agreement is filed with the
Commission and shall be limited to approval or disapproval of the agreement as
a whole based on the Commission’s determination of its functional equivalence.
Agreements not approved may be resubmitted without prejudice under section
3632.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6D48831525724255AF98527489142B0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission of
service agreements for streamlined review</header><text>Section 3632(b) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9D0F02B4D2646CD8D64551AE8D7383D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C0F6D890D1845F69C6F06E1217B4769"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H91187947333649A58CE73AAC876EECDB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBF6CD7EF70C748A7A5622F30782655F6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rates for
streamlined review</header><text>In the case of rates not of general
applicability for competitive products that the Postmaster General considers
eligible for streamlined review under section 3633(c), the Postmaster General
shall cause the agreement to be filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission by
a date that is on or before the effective date of any new rate established
under the agreement, as the Postmaster General considers
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3759EAF6534A4080A7999D7775F5E661"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transparency and
accountability for service agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H308DE8FB1799406C8FB1D8CCA3711960"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certain
information required to be included in determinations of
compliance</header><text>Section 3653 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DCD8D5AB48D4DA08D433583A7896692"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C24EA5215D7484AA1B031D15B05FCB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1E9677C67CCB4C6697255CC270C854E1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H249B5171D50046B4A7B559A8A7801603"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Written
determination</header><text>Each annual written determination of the Commission
under this section shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9599324365CE43F89AE31A156D0AB4CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>For
each group of functionally equivalent agreements between the Postal Service and
users of the mail, whether such group fulfilled requirements to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF7F4A5B2AFD84E9595EB85E20AF42410"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cover costs
attributable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A3340DA1F154A71A1F8A740340634BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the net
financial position of the Postal Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7298EA08A39C44E9BCE59B114237540F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>Any
group of functionally equivalent agreements not meeting subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of paragraph (1) shall be determined to be in noncompliance under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42B7B2D7567F433C9D9A7DA6CD366908"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection, a group of functionally equivalent agreements
shall consist of 1 or more service agreements that are functionally equivalent
to each other within the same market-dominant or competitive product, but shall
not include agreements within an experimental
product.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF42C753692874F6DA1A433D53108BF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria for
special classifications relating to market-dominant products</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB34BFE9FAE54084BDE0DC3876EE1034"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
3622(c)(10) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE361D8CE09684A429BEEF274D5933179" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H77F24C14B81E488A9534AD626CEEEC42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the net
financial position of the Postal Service by reducing Postal Service costs or
increasing the overall contribution to the institutional costs of the Postal
Service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2346BFD4FEBC4063AF9BD1611D47EC84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>do not
cause—</text>
<clause id="H2CEA3624E71D4F09A48B45F2D809198F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>unfair competitive
advantage for the Postal Service or postal users eligible for the agreements;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H272E3A034224434CAE534B07B701CB9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>unreasonable
disruption to the volume or revenues of other postal
users.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H705767E010654BA894E944B488708374"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act and shall apply with respect to an agreement that—</text>
<clause id="H6581CD41E5EA4A518B334004FE160D02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
filed with the Commission on or after such date of enactment; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H64C925F9766E4D07976C0453FF094568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
remanded to the Commission by a court on or after such date of
enactment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H27898CB5339149E7BD24DDA92871F279"><enum>404.</enum><header>Nonpostal
services</header>
<subsection id="H4360D9F9B35F4D1E9035F9AD5788C530"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nonpostal
services</header>
<paragraph id="HBD6BF0FF047C4E1D9EA0E2486BC2F573"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part IV is amended by
adding after chapter 36 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66C48A9A61A04FEAB1E86B96016175B0" style="USC">
<chapter id="H0F94C33D319043CD9EE31E923FA9D46D"><enum>37</enum><header>Nonpostal
Services</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H0F94C33D319043CD9EE31E923FA9D46D" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H21B29830000E49139BC9FFF3325EFC37" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">3701. Purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H8AB7654522894236A780E8E0A1F9166C" level="section">3702. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5CB68AD384184FAA97FE2AEA0DD2E6D5" level="section">3703. Postal Service advertising program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HE4A346833CDD44B199790833CB63B1A4" level="section">3704. Postal Service program for State governments.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H85BF11BD20144171A5E8EC85B160F243" level="section">3705. Postal Service program for other government
agencies.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H73982DD4CEA74E6CAB2F53FBFEE15457" level="section">3706. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="H21B29830000E49139BC9FFF3325EFC37"><enum>3701.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter is intended to enable the
Postal Service to increase its net revenues through specific nonpostal products
and services that are expressly authorized by this chapter. Postal Service
revenues and expenses under this chapter shall be funded through the Postal
Service Fund.</text>
</section><section id="H8AB7654522894236A780E8E0A1F9166C"><enum>3702.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="HC5CFF7F3001941EDB0A2A5A4E722EBC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>nonpostal services</term> is limited to services offered by the Postal
Service that are expressly authorized by this chapter and are not postal
products or services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB52B2638734E472A85D7952EB90F03C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>attributable costs</term> has the same meaning as is given such term in
section 3631; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77764DE13B3E4AC0886A850E95973CCA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>year</term> means a fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5CB68AD384184FAA97FE2AEA0DD2E6D5"><enum>3703.</enum><header>Postal Service
advertising program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, the Postal Service may establish and manage a program that allows
entities to advertise at Postal Service facilities, on Postal Service assets,
and on Postal Service vehicles. Such a program shall be subject to the
following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H72E26D889FE6483CAEF999B9CCDE0DE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Postal Service
shall at all times ensure advertising it permits is consistent with the
integrity of the Postal Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5C716E603FD46F1B7CB016868DD1D8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any advertising
program is required to cover a minimum of 200 percent of its attributable costs
in each year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AF1F39309064965A565CFAAA2601ACB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All advertising
expenditures and revenues are subject to annual compliance determination
(including remedies for noncompliance) applicable to nonpostal products.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6F3DA78F7EF41C5A859B8513055C76C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Total advertising
expenditures and revenues must be disclosed in Postal Service annual
reports.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE4A346833CDD44B199790833CB63B1A4"><enum>3704.</enum><header>Postal Service
program for State governments</header>
<subsection id="HDE68357FE1524AD08E842520059C60F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the
Postal Service may establish a program to provide services for agencies of
State governments within the United States, but only if such services—</text>
<paragraph id="HC30E2577D05D42F083A54EE3A43E32B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall provide
enhanced value to the public, such as by lowering the cost or raising the
quality of such services or by making such services more accessible;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9928979251240ACA4642C86235FA7E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>do not interfere
with or detract from the value of postal services, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6590950AF42418885F148CB97C1FD50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost and
efficiency of postal services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H132A7D05BB214E9E9BCA1788A4FF2159"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unreasonable
access to postal retail service, such as customer waiting time and access to
parking; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46604213B2354BB790FEFE7CD459F34F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a
reasonable contribution to the institutional costs of the Postal Service,
defined as reimbursement for each service and covering at least 150 percent of
the attributable costs of such service in each year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5AB03FBB6B0419480CAFFA48C9F955E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text>At least 90 days before offering any services under this
section, the Postal Service shall make each agreement with State agencies
readily available to the public on its Web site, including a business plan that
describes the specific services to be provided, the enhanced value to the
public, terms of reimbursement, the estimated annual reimbursement to the
Postal Service, and the estimated percentage of attributable Postal Service
costs that will be covered by reimbursement (with documentation to support
these estimates). The Postal Service shall solicit public comment for at least
30 days, with comments posted on its Web site, followed by its written response
posted on its Web site at least 30 days before offering such services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3C16D1176294FA885D9E5B67FE18488"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approval
required</header><text>The Governors of the Postal Service shall approve the
provision of services under this section by a recorded vote, with at least
<fraction>2/3</fraction> of its membership voting for approval, with the vote
publicly disclosed on the Postal Service Web site.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61F835FF53254085AA484B3EDE97E696"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Classification
of services</header><text>All services for a given agency provided under this
section shall be classified as a separate activity subject to the requirements
of annual reporting under section 3706. Such reporting shall also include
information on the quality of service and related information to demonstrate
that it satisfied the requirements of subsection (a). Information provided
under this section shall be according to requirements that the Postal
Regulatory Commission shall by regulation prescribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1584EB7EF9124C29B2A3F001642389AD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
the purpose of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H42716F24D4E048A69627E37935F6BC6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or
possession of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H175B5E23B1AC49DDAFA46935E6176219"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>United States</term>, when
used in a geographical sense, means the States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H85BF11BD20144171A5E8EC85B160F243"><enum>3705.</enum><header>Postal Service
program for other government agencies</header>
<subsection id="H4668031281DE4161A1E92C9739F14E75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Service may establish a program to provide
property and services for other government agencies within the meaning of
section 411, but only if such program provides a reasonable contribution to the
institutional costs of the Postal Service, defined as reimbursement by each
agency that covers at least 100 percent of the attributable costs of all
property and service provided by the Postal Service in each year to such
agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H881ED0F271D24AD183258C31DCF34EB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Classification
of services</header><text>For each agency, all property and services provided
by the Postal Service under this section shall be classified as a separate
activity subject to the requirements of annual reporting under section 3706.
Information provided under this section shall be according to requirements that
the Postal Regulatory Commission shall by regulation prescribe.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73982DD4CEA74E6CAB2F53FBFEE15457" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3706.</enum><header>Transparency and
accountability for nonpostal services</header>
<subsection id="HBD922D45483148B1974012C219144EB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual reports
to the Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HD4D9532D3F4A4EF2A057CA03BBF7A543"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Service shall, no later than 90 days after the
end of each year, prepare and submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission a
report (together with such nonpublic annex to the report as the Commission may
require under subsection (b)) which shall analyze costs, revenues, rates, and
quality of service for this chapter, using such methodologies as the Commission
shall by regulation prescribe, and in sufficient detail to demonstrate
compliance with all applicable requirements of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H608F09A9842E42D591E1376D5B00F072"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The
Inspector General shall regularly audit the data collection systems and
procedures utilized in collecting information and preparing such report. The
results of any such audit shall be submitted to the Postal Service and the
Postal Regulatory Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H782E9C79A04A46F291E86069A7F236B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supporting
matter</header><text>The Postal Regulatory Commission shall have access, in
accordance with such regulations as the Commission shall prescribe, to the
working papers and any other supporting matter of the Postal Service and the
Inspector General in connection with any information submitted under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C808E38B6404DF292578F752361A6F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Content and form
of reports</header>
<paragraph id="HA15161ED759F4A6BAF2DA668B61F1E85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Regulatory Commission shall, by regulation,
prescribe the content and form of the public reports (and any nonpublic annex
and supporting matter relating to the report) to be provided by the Postal
Service under this section. Such reports shall be included with the annual
compliance determination reported under section 3653. In carrying out this
subsection, the Commission shall give due consideration to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA31B2A03A79E46F5AA4A592651649C65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing the
public with timely, adequate information to assess compliance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2026661E832B47B7A02B353784A272CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>avoiding
unnecessary or unwarranted administrative effort and expense on the part of the
Postal Service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA348C52E63A9430AB3D2CA219AB5D2A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>protecting the
confidentiality of information that is commercially sensitive or is exempt from
public disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAADB7A7A2E242F89E1DDE6B1FCE8FEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revised
requirements</header><text>The Commission may, on its own motion or on request
of any interested party, initiate proceedings (to be conducted in accordance
with regulations that the Commission shall prescribe) to improve the quality,
accuracy, or completeness of Postal Service data required by the Commission
under this subsection whenever it shall appear that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAEB734491B544CE9B0BDFCBC32A7EF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the attribution of
costs or revenues to property or services under this chapter has become
significantly inaccurate or can be significantly improved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21E2E1204DDD4C598942355950534C40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quality of
service data provided to the Commission for annual reports under this chapter
has become significantly inaccurate or can be significantly improved; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43B5A89748FC4A5EADEF1CEE49A7BC43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such revisions
are, in the judgment of the Commission, otherwise necessitated by the public
interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H753C4421C00148888334DF4233C4B9B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidential
information</header>
<paragraph id="H317CEE86D9274E198CB6C2960D9C58D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Postal Service determines that any document or
portion of a document, or other matter, which it provides to the Postal
Regulatory Commission in a nonpublic annex under this section contains
information which is described in section 410(c) of this title, or exempt from
public disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)</external-xref> of title 5, the Postal Service shall, at
the time of providing such matter to the Commission, notify the Commission of
its determination, in writing, and describe with particularity the documents
(or portions of documents) or other matter for which confidentiality is sought
and the reasons therefor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED56E20AA4BF4074B8709361B00B2F5A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Any
information or other matter described in paragraph (1) to which the Commission
gains access under this section shall be subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 504(g) in the same way as if the Commission had received notification
with respect to such matter under section 504(g)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H49AFC5D0AC104D1D858D3A6A698F158B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual
compliance determination</header>
<paragraph id="H1FF1E25A06FD4DA2B0B9F9E2BB0B9BA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Opportunity for
public comment</header><text>After receiving the reports required under
subsection (a) for any year, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall promptly
provide an opportunity for comment on such reports by any interested party, and
an officer of the Commission who shall be required to represent the interests
of the general public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08E91F503FDA4BF79FEB741F3138883A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of
compliance or noncompliance</header><text>Not later than 90 days after
receiving the submissions required under subsection (a) with respect to a year,
the Postal Regulatory Commission shall make a written determination as to
whether any nonpostal activities during such year were or were not in
compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter (or regulations
promulgated under this chapter). The Postal Regulatory Commission shall issue a
determination of noncompliance if the requirements for coverage of attributable
costs are not met. If, with respect to a year, no instance of noncompliance is
found to have occurred in such year, the written determination shall be to that
effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66154D8299C64D0C9D72B33A924D478A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If,
for a year, a timely written determination of noncompliance is made under this
chapter, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall take appropriate action. If the
requirements for coverage of attributable costs specified by this chapter are
not met, the Commission shall, within 60 days after the determination,
prescribe remedial action to restore compliance as soon as practicable, which
shall also include the full restoration of revenue shortfalls during the
following fiscal year. The Commission may order the Postal Service to
discontinue a nonpostal service under section 3703 or 3704 that persistently
fails to meet cost coverage requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B5C68A33C5340E6B7B0FE0201BAD87A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deliberate
noncompliance</header><text>In addition, in cases of deliberate noncompliance
by the Postal Service with the requirements of this chapter, the Postal
Regulatory Commission may order, based on the nature, circumstances, extent,
and seriousness of the noncompliance, a fine (in the amount specified by the
Commission in its order) for each incidence of such noncompliance. All receipts
from fines imposed under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund
of the Treasury of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25E3620BB2874FD7BE60C449BE914154"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of chapters at the beginning of part IV is
amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 36 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C5381C83A9C44D098D41D70C8C5B1A1" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>37.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Nonpostal
Services</level-header><target>3701</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0810C5E7DFE64A6F9A2E51FC24558472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H2A7DEC5770EE402991850778ED339C73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>404(e)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404(e) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H839A8CD2E4B74E399595EBFE1363721F" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9E5432ADBD1840A0A98F01292EBA2AD8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Licensing which, before the date of
enactment of this paragraph, has been authorized by the Postal Regulatory
Commission for continuation as a nonpostal service may not be used for any
purpose other than—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H706B4A1838544971BDCA3F2B6231064C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to continue to provide licensed
mailing and shipping supplies offered as of June 23, 2011; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2BA1B185965349ADA1D8CBD1E387EC68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to license other goods, products, or
services, the primary purpose of which is to promote and enhance the image or
brand of the Postal Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71CEBEC9428E45DDB279123006C6383E" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be
considered to prevent the Postal Service from establishing nonpostal products
and services that are expressly authorized by chapter
37.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD69BDF89FE1E42CD82512968D2C11C1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
409</header><text>Section 409(f) is amended by inserting at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H930EEC1699434662B9B460804265F18F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H319CF9933DC44743B0B5FB41F1004A75" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The provisions of this section shall
not apply to any outdoor advertising structure or sign constructed, installed,
operated, or maintained on a facility or asset owned or operated by the Postal
Service except in a jurisdiction in which posting of off premise advertising
signs for all persons, entities, governmental agencies, and others is
prohibited by
law.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F18AD506E8B4FA481F81361A0DD8983"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Section
411</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The last sentence of
section 411 is amended by striking <quote>including reimbursability</quote> and
inserting <quote>including reimbursability within the limitations of chapter
37</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H845F649BCD0B4CABAAF6BD4C09F68242"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Treatment of
existing nonpostal services</header><text>All individual nonpostal services,
provided directly or through licensing, that are continued pursuant to section
404(e) of title 39, United States Code, shall be considered to be expressly
authorized by chapter 37 of such title (as added by subsection (a)(1)) and
shall be subject to the requirements of such chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8FA2C19982F548399D95577169803CF5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Alaska bypass mail
modernization</header>
<subsection id="H07209B9A3B7D439187ECEAD3F5874EC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fair competition
for Alaska bypass mail</header>
<paragraph id="HC3B0801497534DF69F99021866BCD282"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 5402 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H435BB79931314010BF9FC21313C77AAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(4)—</text>
<clause id="HC39E2A67D1CD41098CC415055CB970AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>existing</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H678EA4A034E0483781453A156325B697"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H9C335710DE4B4992B9814E44789827C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>an existing mainline carrier</quote>
and inserting <quote>a carrier permitted under subparagraph (A)</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H103CD5E59ACE4FAF94F85651643A2B43"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>existing mainline carriers</quote> and inserting
<quote>mainline carriers providing service</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6606AD8180E949FA9295F4A6EC77B514"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>existing</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4F4BE4DCD85436BA2773FC643F7C115"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(5)—</text>
<clause id="HB847ECAAC1CA4EF9A6C03A5A5A134B6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>new</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2667E09D3DC4924A81E7C9A40F07CA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>new</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5E0084079A34E63B3CBB18D5FF7E9F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>new</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84B633E6D3014C1D96B4BD2FCAFE9EE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(3)(A), by striking <quote>new or existing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D81B71494FD4005B3BB7F6B395B65DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)(3), by striking <quote>new</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD77BE36A5E0E454FA20EDB1A1D22BB0C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Paragraphs (12) and (15) of section 5402(a) are
repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25049C67CD0647459B6FD37DDD2DD52A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction of
Alaska bypass mail subsidy</header>
<paragraph id="H3F64F01DA6234315909BAE362439CF53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 54 is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H637D87E854ED4351B4866D8A9B60619C" style="USC">
<section id="HAE676D6A3A4C4D939581336E06CFAE6A"><enum>5404.</enum><header>Reduction of
Alaska bypass mail subsidy</header>
<subsection id="HAEC52227E84246B59AD210A2CD94701B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive
product classification</header>
<paragraph id="H6DA8D7A3528A49C98FB0A3B5DAC5B8B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
this section, Alaska bypass mail service under section 5402 shall be treated as
a separate competitive product for all purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35C8D6F065E24E009527649C2E585B30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer
prohibited</header><text>No part of Alaska bypass mail service may be
transferred to the market-dominant category of mail under section 3642.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC6993103B4B4A69901B2A28CD863167"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska bypass mail service shall not be
treated as a competitive product for purposes of the implementation of sections
3633(a) and 3634.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC71FED5A7EF4049A46031F46C743296"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum cost
coverage</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H41138FE5BC9C4E498902E38F4BE1550B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Service shall establish and maintain rates and
fees for matter sent by Alaska bypass mail service—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7CC1AF8D0D02444A9BDF533D262AC313"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2014, that cover at least 30 percent of the costs attributable to Alaska bypass
mail service in that fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H77A9041B260B4C27966B358D0193A842"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2015, that cover at least 35 percent of the costs attributable to Alaska bypass
mail service in that fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE3867B9BAE3540DD9FA65C1D268F5848"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2016, that cover at least 40 percent of the costs attributable to Alaska bypass
mail service in that fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H53142588410540ECA98496A2FA8CAD3A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2017, that cover at least 45 percent of the costs attributable to Alaska bypass
mail service in that fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H047115B6EDB74D6BAB75719F9DA69CE4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2018 and for each fiscal
year thereafter, that cover at least 50 percent of the costs attributable to
Alaska bypass mail service in the applicable fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19B65DB7212B472ABFF2A96C6BB55AE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Costs
attributable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The costs
attributable to Alaska bypass mail service for a fiscal year shall include all
the direct and indirect costs of Alaska bypass mail service during that fiscal
year that are attributable to that service through reliably identified causal
relationships.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94D590DFA4D24FDE8EFC350350047253"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institutional
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs that can be
attributed to Alaska bypass mail service may not be classified as institutional
costs of the Postal Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66D6A0A17409408EB5A7A3A16BDEC766"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="HC241125B62304F059D7EA39B070E7AE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once each
fiscal year, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall determine whether the
Postal Service is in compliance with the requirements under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DA35BD032C14A8988A3622B6E2A9BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remedial
actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, under paragraph
(1), the Postal Regulatory Commission determines that the Postal Service has
not complied with the requirements under subsection (b) with respect to a
fiscal year, the Commission shall prescribe, not later than 60 days after
making such determination, actions to ensure—</text>
<subparagraph id="H705FDDE9D2FB4E87A3B83713AFD091B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment and maintenance of rates
and fees for Alaska bypass mail service that recover any costs required to have
been covered for such fiscal year under subsection (b), but that were not
covered, by the date that is not later than the last day of the fiscal year
that follows such fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3409EE92297E47D09A55AC1C9CD9BE26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compliance with
the requirements under subsection (b) in subsequent fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4179AB5EA1D44A189A5C21DBC2C318FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Postal Regulatory Commission may not
order the Postal Service to discontinue Alaska bypass mail service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95BA906829AD48528615CF04189EB633"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Postal
Regulatory Commission shall issue regulations to implement this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9CD918A0E2F4BA7AE47F971D8DB89D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
sections for chapter 54 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BD43BB4EAA44D19848DC0F9347AB40B" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5404. Reduction of Alaska bypass mail
subsidy.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H45E007971DA84CC28329549EDE0F9737"><enum>406.</enum><header>Appropriations
modernization</header>
<subsection id="H04397CFDC691452BBDDA11F29FFE55E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2401 is
amended by striking subsections (b) through (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F3C71BE28E547FABECD8297F6FD28DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with
respect to fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF16BA37C46C04E8DB64A59C800139C8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 3627 is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1B7AEFEF2BCB4CABA425826809C6D07D"><enum>407.</enum><header>Enhanced
product innovation</header>
<subsection id="HCE6A972CD3B14C029BA94DAD222FF8FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dollar-Amount
limitation relating to market tests of experimental
products</header><text>Section 3641(e)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B2CF79F0EA94D2F9A3D9A07A978AE94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dollar-Amount
limitation relating to exemption authority</header><text>Section 3641(e)(2) is
amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$100,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Postal Service
Finance</header>
<section id="H003B4BC066B540E2B8823517CDFDAAE4"><enum>501.</enum><header>Treatment of
Postal Service postemployment benefit funding projected surpluses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8423">Section 8423(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H50446E1170AE42D8A18E73746B2DE0D3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF1D2E96662594B97B2C2A95778CF0977"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not later than 30
days after the end of each fiscal year, the Office of Personnel Management
shall transfer from Postal Service Federal Employee Retirement System monies
within the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to the Postal Service
Retiree Health Benefits Fund an amount equal to the negative supplemental
liability (if any), as calculated under paragraph (1)(B), for the most recent
fiscal year available, less the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HF5EC9B26A5494ADEAAD6F0B3D779B74F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Postal
supplemental liability, calculated under section 8348(h), for the same fiscal
year (if any); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE0810D1AF8CF4C5BB9FC9F5DC913424D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any contribution
required by this section that the Postal Service has not made between the close
of the fiscal year of the calculation under paragraph (1)(B) and the close of
the most recent fiscal year, as determined by the Office of Personnel
Management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HACA80615088B4FAC85BD76C9180E77E2"><enum>502.</enum><header>Retiree health
benefit liability payment schedule</header>
<subsection id="HD5F6E92F3FA04C539D6BBE56329E13EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Sub<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8909a">section 8909a(d)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H29399AEC40414FAF9AA9C0E2C1B8DA1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD39D78D5965742FD9CC0047CB62478C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47F8D73484494EEA9A18FC918FC627F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="HDE1C3DE107364B02A9862F4C0CE0A611"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (iii), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H67D713CB3E0E4B00968FBF287FB4FDDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (iv), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAB3DE8FE65EF4B199CA1C87A87F54F3B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
clauses (v) through (x); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2099EFB78A424355AE6B6DC95A36C6BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31A3BA74F1AF43CCAF06D3630CB17F72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8906">Section 8906(g)(2)(A)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking <quote>2016</quote> and inserting
<quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0E897D8456847C2A81E68E78B291BB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text>The heading for <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8909a">section 8909a</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Benefit</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Benefits</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEA8C3417AF7A4475BDBBE4196B4C1447"><enum>503.</enum><header>Supplementary
borrowing authority during a control period</header>
<subsection id="HD0B034EB0653498884DCCF79BEBE3FD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 20 is amended by adding after section 2011 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAD74066549034497A1E1720646DC4545" style="USC">
<section id="H373DFB9712AA45B9935570875E5B293C"><enum>2012.</enum><header>Supplementary
borrowing authority</header>
<subsection id="HCDB83EC463184BB4B453E8344B27EE37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Supplementary
borrowing authority</header><text>Upon the commencement of the control period,
subject to the approval of the Authority, the Postal Service is authorized to
borrow money and issue and sell such obligations as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this title, to the same extent, in the same manner, and
subject to the same terms and conditions as if the maximum amount allowable
under the provisions of section 2005(a)(2) for the fiscal year involved were
equal to the maximum amount which (but for this section) would otherwise be
allowable under such provisions, increased by $5,000,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DD7534FBA6E458AB9E1194776DC1A53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The
authority to borrow money and to issue and sell obligations under subsection
(a) shall cease to be available after September 30, 2022.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H174B59C7C0FC4579BE6C084C9A6405F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>Any
amounts received under this section shall be deposited in the Postal Service
Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H93128DF2F062408D8D36F8AE9E17F613"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Properties To be
set aside</header><text>Notwithstanding section 2005(b)(2), the Postal Service
shall take such measures as may be necessary and appropriate so that, during
any period in which the Postal Service is using supplemental borrowing
authority under subsection (a), a sufficient amount of real property has been
pledged or otherwise set aside by the Postal Service to carry out subsection
(e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD836363A10B14692A45061D96914DA7A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Outstanding
supplemental debt reduction</header>
<paragraph id="H18CEACDA05A347A59FD7872A9E4DAF34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any
full fiscal year in which the Postal Service borrows funds pursuant to
subsection (a), the Postal Service shall, not later than September 30 of such
fiscal year, deposit into the Postal Service Fund an amount such that the total
obligations accrued and outstanding pursuant to subsection (a) are, as of the
close of such fiscal year, at least 20 percent less than the total obligations
so accrued and outstanding as of the start of such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDF14B865FAD44EF83FFE044A124318F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that, to achieve the
requirement of paragraph (1), the Postal Service should dispose of such real
property as may be necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEF48D8F8FF3A4C82A43D851D8BE9A47C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90B4ABD2E90C44E0912D9A36301DF981"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Authority</term> means the
Postal Service Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
established in title II of the Postal Reform Act of 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E0CEE38BA8444A3939D616AE6785952"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>control period</term> has the meaning given such term in section
202(b)(1) of such
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6637258115F64823899372CC87D6B5A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 20 is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H641FBE39E70545568EBE61AF023D5D31" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">2012. Supplemental borrowing
authority.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HBC88FB16F20C4EB88792335814FD0B9A"><enum>504.</enum><header>Postal Service
Delivery-Point Modernization Fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7C59746668D84901AB3F19A4A5494064"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 20 is further amended by adding after section
2012 (as added by section 503(a)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D6BDDE08F1C4369BD43631F1A5B6133" style="USC">
<section commented="no" id="H5ECFDE72C53F4B39B33949D41135604D"><enum>2013.</enum><header>Postal Service
Delivery-Point Modernization Fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8A60DB4E304E40A3B370CD12E07AA7E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established within the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be
known as the <quote>Postal Service Delivery-Point Modernization Fund</quote>,
which shall be available without fiscal year limitation pursuant to the
requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H54B3FC222404409CBFB2A238075C3AF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H28A0DE30BD6243FAA6B27DF69D6B5A8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Postal Service is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell such
obligations as it determines necessary solely to carry out the purposes of
section 3962. The aggregate amount of obligations issued by the Postal Service
which may be outstanding at any one time under this paragraph shall not exceed
$1,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H144BA3AD3E4447C29DF4D2004FC3B1B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of
section 2005</header><text>The provisions of subsections 2005(b), (c), and (d)
shall apply to obligations issued under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8D21DBD1DDA54696B99AD0B89009DE9B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>Any
amounts received by the Postal Service as a result of paragraph (1) shall be
deposited in the Postal Service Delivery-Point Modernization Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0FFBFE5E7965412AB2CD32BC24B371BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to borrow money and to issue
and sell obligations under subsection (b) shall cease to be available after
September 30, 2023.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H69642F196F524E89A739AE44D67244FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Budgetary
treatment</header><text>The receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service
Delivery-Point Modernization Fund shall be accorded the same budgetary
treatment as is accorded to receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service
Fund under section 2009a.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H42F218BCF4CD466E9532ED8A6C8A7BBF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of
Fund</header><text>On September 30, 2023, any funds remaining in the Postal
Service Delivery-Point Modernization Fund shall be used to satisfy any
remaining obligations under subsection (b)(1), and any funds in excess of such
obligations shall be deposited in the Postal Service Fund. After any excess
funds have been so deposited, the Postal Service Delivery-Point Modernization
Fund shall be terminated.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD3F0E7DCA9F44C639290313CAE3A9791"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 20 is amended by
adding after the item relating to section 2012 (as added by section 503(b)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC8F4AB1083974BE09F804C6024BA80A7" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">2013. Postal Service Delivery-Point
Modernization Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H28B9A96AD30F43E2AF748D95F5A90761"><enum>505.</enum><header>Specific
retirement liability calculations relating to the Postal Service</header>
<subsection id="HD73229225D4B4CB68B1619FC21561CDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal
Employees Retirement System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8423">Section 8423(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2511AC57EBD845ACABFF34126929508B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFED66E3CBD2B4D81ADDC34A64D97EED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="H0D49B1D28184489091A0FDF4EE07C6AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)),</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraph (B) or (C)),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD7E988346EF474A9F955EECFC2F63F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E579C6881F9419680BEC667D6515971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C6C15EB02304B52B7408D598DF85D6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCB2DB1F47CC45DBB7A47F3648C15A22" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="HF1EB551123F94FC0821DBDCEBB270344" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product of—</text>
<clause id="HB113B3F2C2CA4942BB2D07D1E43D1120"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the normal-cost percentage, as determined
for employees (other than employees covered by subparagraph (B)) of the United
States Postal Service under paragraph (5), multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FA2AF07AC994636B341205F4565F607"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate amount of basic pay payable
by the United States Postal Service, for the period involved, to employees of
the United States Postal Service.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39E6F72DDC7746CCA1F27CF873EB5F29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC88490E7A1AC481DACC9E126409D9CDE" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H72E600FC738D4E13BB31F68FC1C910A1" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB075B62216C74C0FB3628B0DD5031E21"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the normal-cost percentage
for employees of the United States Postal Service for purposes of paragraph
(1)(C), the Office—</text>
<clause id="HBBAC9B44777E4C3C97CF6689E12E1365" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall use demographic factors specific to
such employees, unless such data cannot be generated; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF40C4D1EF2D41FD944EA982996F24F2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use economic assumptions regarding wage
and salary growth that reflect the specific past, and likely future, pay for
such employees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAD6A4CD7991490EB5398931632CBBF1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Postal Service shall
provide any data or projections the Office requires in order to determine the
normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service,
consistent with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF5851A536D041358C968165A5D2CF34" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall review the determination
of the normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service
and make such adjustments as the Office considers necessary—</text>
<clause id="H55AF68F964AF437EBD1DC9C9BFDE97E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon request of the United States Postal
Service, but not more frequently than once each fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E2B2DF827A34A65A13FAFAC061BCD09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at such other times as the Office considers
appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C49520F46584CB7A5EDF6C0D96AFBC8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out subsection
(b)(1)(B), and consistent with paragraph (5), for fiscal year 2013, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the Office—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7ECC9FBB1B0419F8A256AB39BE83DE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall use demographic factors specific to
current and former employees of the United States Postal Service, unless such
data cannot be generated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H925660FA1CE445659C92294CD9C07ECF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use economic assumptions regarding wage
and salary growth that reflect the specific past, and likely future, pay for
current employees of the United States Postal
Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A0D82B31DFC45AEBF59FD9937F8F7C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil Service
Retirement System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
8348(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED1DEC02DBB3434EB335733BE370853C" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H557FB642028542D59A47E49AB0073DFB" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out paragraph
(1), consistent with section 8423(b)(1)(B), for fiscal year 2013, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the Office—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38E83331169D47BB86949E71A9DAB048"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall use demographic factors specific to
current and former employees of the United States Postal Service, unless such
data cannot be generated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7308A4A0CCE40B1BAA97E1058273965"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use economic assumptions regarding wage
and salary growth that reflect the specific past, and likely future, pay for
current employees of the United States Postal
Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Postal
Contracting Reform</header>
<section id="H4A420610D27B4AF6B2657834C0A58DC1"><enum>601.</enum><header>Contracting
provisions</header>
<subsection id="H116C1EDACC7940C4910C7BA7DF0A254E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part I is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BC344F95524488E97A61370BBDD92C8" style="USC">
<chapter id="H173662D6F1CE4A1DAE3F637BADF601AE"><enum>7</enum><header>Contracting
Provisions</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H173662D6F1CE4A1DAE3F637BADF601AE" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H2C73D0C98DFB47169FB9E1031538A5EF" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">701. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD2ABD734D2D747679B864211777C377B" level="section">702. Advocate for competition.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H4818C9068CF44BA486D603C3CF5CD309" level="section">703. Delegation of contracting authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H2CCD284C9DEE49EE96A17959C9F0B1D3" level="section">704. Posting of noncompetitive purchase requests for
noncompetitive contracts.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HB41E48D8BD524E4EABB882AB96A77FF5" level="section">705. Review of ethical issues.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HA17AB06895CC4360BD666B234BFB4F83" level="section">706. Ethical restrictions on participation in certain
contracting activity.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="H2C73D0C98DFB47169FB9E1031538A5EF"><enum>701.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="H1AAA7648C194406E8E3D05BFC5BE94BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>contracting officer</term> means an employee of a covered postal entity
who has authority to enter into a postal contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A0EE107458D422D95E40C6B06D312BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered postal entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H554FFE59007A41739DCFDF5F31CB2BC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Postal
Service; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20689146AA08485590F42F9B09A29D60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Postal
Regulatory Commission;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AE6C8F5838443F6B63FA275DCE53D44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>head of a covered postal entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H694510406D76414FBA992AA5CC5DE649"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the
Postal Service, the Postmaster General; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4F4AA1B92E240C1961EC26C2FE3E3C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of the
Postal Regulatory Commission, the Chairman of the Postal Regulatory
Commission;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDDB8BC8F83D4C148136AEFF38E3BDE8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>postal contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E66FCC7F3124769BA8D0C145206B099"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the
Postal Service, any contract (including any agreement or memorandum of
understanding) entered into by the Postal Service for the procurement of goods
or services; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E601B6771414BC39891F94D7AD11A08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of the
Postal Regulatory Commission, any contract (including any agreement or
memorandum of understanding) in an amount exceeding the simplified acquisition
threshold (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/134">section 134</external-xref> of title 41 and adjusted under section
1908 of such title) entered into by the Postal Regulatory Commission for the
procurement of goods or services; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED9B57E053104395BEDDE56431928A9F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>senior procurement executive</term> means the senior procurement
executive of a covered postal entity.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD2ABD734D2D747679B864211777C377B"><enum>702.</enum><header>Advocate for
competition</header>
<subsection id="H99C6B2943EE748CC939A24B1540E66DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
and designation</header>
<paragraph id="H1DEA64B8CFEE4FC69398C5EC65E8AE9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is
established in each covered postal entity an advocate for competition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF70BD9995A95476A905A7DCFAABBCE78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The head of each
covered postal entity shall designate for the covered postal entity 1 or more
officers or employees (other than the senior procurement executive) to serve as
the advocate for competition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC106DB8947E14212804EFEF9DDD02214"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
advocate for competition of a covered postal entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H94839C7F616B4A78962DBF3B66A5B02D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be responsible for
promoting—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9FE0D06CE3E4CB0894878B6ED57A7FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contracting
out of functions of the covered postal entity that the private sector can
perform equally well or better, and at lower cost; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9996DAF985EE4566B8D08EA06FE57226"><enum>(B)</enum><text>competition to the
maximum extent practicable consistent with obtaining best value by promoting
the acquisition of commercial items and challenging barriers to
competition;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79383A02B8794BE7906EE198C142E395"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review the
procurement activities of the covered postal entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EA5ED6D025648DDA1BF619D75454B66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prepare and
transmit the annual report required under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A9C4486121B48D99ACE47A59FB9AA19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
Report</header>
<paragraph id="H060D5B07C1C442AA8B9E171450C890AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation</header><text>The
advocate for competition of a covered postal entity shall prepare an annual
report describing the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H21D91951C1104A5EA76601C05C060122"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The activities of
the advocate under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD02DE70CC9A4025AEBF507BF822FF60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Initiatives
required to promote contracting out and competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB619441FEB6A4DADAA2B3E0849C56BED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Barriers to
contracting out and competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FF4806AFDEF4576BE99A2895D794B11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In the case of the
report prepared by the competition advocate of the Postal Service, the number
of waivers made by the Postal Service under section 704(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF4CBEA3A2ACC48B3B5CA0CA83DE08112"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transmission</header><text>The
report under this subsection shall be transmitted—</text>
<subparagraph id="HABF9DD09624C4030B7DD90704B1CA8AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to Congress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC362383F29624FC8A3261070735840F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the head of the
postal entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE44AD60FCA2C4897890D415E7D81E1DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the senior
procurement executive of the entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H738D074812644C61AB68170541133694"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of the
competition advocate of the Postal Service, to each member of the Postal
Service Board of Governors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE58F7BC914142B89128113CE62EA30A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the case of the
competition advocate of the Postal Regulatory Commission, to each of the
Commissioners of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4818C9068CF44BA486D603C3CF5CD309"><enum>703.</enum><header>Delegation of
contracting authority</header>
<subsection id="HBE13D131A1544E0D92CDD31BB6F16594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HC6BC54AF71C64B79A5B9E187C367F743"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this chapter, the head of
each covered postal entity shall issue a policy on contracting officer
delegations of authority for postal contracts for the covered postal
entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H615C7F1DA7634F41A60CCB8A0A3BF034"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
policy issued under paragraph (1) shall require that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6668FCE2AA944B7B052985E4966505F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notwithstanding
any delegation of authority with respect to postal contracts, the ultimate
responsibility and accountability for the award and administration of postal
contracts resides with the senior procurement executive; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7E98AAB86F44DD59232EB959C02029E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a contracting
officer shall maintain an awareness of and engagement in the activities being
performed on postal contracts of which that officer has cognizance,
notwithstanding any delegation of authority that may have been executed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BEAA2B4FEBC481A9AFFCE839389769C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Posting of
delegations</header>
<paragraph id="HC2D03CBBE1A3423AACA306A9644A79C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The head of each covered postal entity shall make any
delegation of authority for postal contracts outside the functional contracting
unit readily available and accessible on the Web site of the covered postal
entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75D96D2A99C0482D931D6E7E71D59BFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This paragraph shall apply to any delegation of authority
made on or after 30 days after the date of enactment of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2CCD284C9DEE49EE96A17959C9F0B1D3"><enum>704.</enum><header>Posting of
noncompetitive purchase requests for noncompetitive contracts</header>
<subsection id="H1E01AE3E770C4370985552886B556642"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Posting
required</header>
<paragraph id="HDEC48DB34E91435DBD142503FF8DA2DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Postal
regulatory commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Postal Regulatory Commission shall make the noncompetitive purchase request for
any noncompetitive award for any contract (including any agreement or
memorandum of understanding) entered into by the Postal Regulatory Commission
for the procurement of goods and services, in an amount of $20,000 or more,
including the rationale supporting the noncompetitive award, publicly available
on the Web site of the Postal Regulatory Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD59DC25839F4BB4AB721DB543B664E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 14
days after the date of the award of the noncompetitive contract; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2174BAC0E414C199996925455F32D75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 30
days after the date of the award of the noncompetitive contract, if the basis
for the award was a compelling business interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H238562B043DA4ED3846431823C23784E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Postal
service</header><text>The Postal Service shall make the noncompetitive purchase
request for any noncompetitive award of a postal contract in an amount of
$250,000 or more, including the rationale supporting the noncompetitive award,
publicly available on the Web site of the Postal Service—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4A21A7968A546129253A87C0C6D4219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 14
days after the date of the award; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H378A3C8855DE48C58793BE228C1BBCA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 30
days after the date of the award, if the basis for the award was a compelling
business interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24123211F48C4F46B2B3BAF8EB3A9F64"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments to
the posting threshold for the postal service</header>
<subparagraph id="HD8C1F6C642784C2CBE5F1D64801F899F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review and
determination</header><text>Not later than January 31 of each year, the Postal
Service shall—</text>
<clause id="H9E08F47B35A248D39A92027884DB3FA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review the
$250,000 threshold established under paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCDBA0DF4847E4771A53CAAAD0992BFA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on any
change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of the Department of
Labor, determine whether an adjustment to the threshold shall be made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B7D3BC3A66D450A9D99348A6D90A123"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of
adjustments</header><text>An adjustment under subparagraph (A) shall be made in
increments of $5,000. If the Postal Service determines that a change in the
Consumer Price Index for a year would require an adjustment in an amount that
is less than $5,000, the Postal Service may not make an adjustment to the
threshold for the year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68D741E2509040EA9DCFC2583DB6FBE2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This subsection shall apply to any noncompetitive contract
awarded on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of
this chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0876E04D2F254E638C1F6AE65132DF45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
availability</header>
<paragraph id="H383366A6991943FCB701ACEFD9304871"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the information required to be
made publicly available by a covered postal entity under subsection (a) shall
be readily accessible on the Web site of the covered postal entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54643FFAE99246BCA7EAA6E29AEAF14A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protection of
proprietary information</header><text>A covered postal entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFFAADE757B24F04BA31CF3220B180EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carefully screen
any description of the rationale supporting a noncompetitive award required to
be made publicly available under subsection (a) to determine whether the
description includes proprietary data (including any reference or citation to
the proprietary data) or security-related information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B6FA2BCD7C045EEB3F2F5C3AAE94874"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remove any
proprietary data or security-related information before making publicly
available a description of the rationale supporting a noncompetitive
award.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59A1783E07FE442EBAA98FBBC5B891E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<paragraph id="H24F5DD9E0CC04A7C8192D2E3A2BCA8DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver
permitted</header><text>If the Postal Service determines that making a
noncompetitive purchase request for a postal contract of the Postal Service
publicly available would risk placing the Postal Service at a competitive
disadvantage relative to a private sector competitor, the senior procurement
executive, in consultation with the advocate for competition of the Postal
Service, may waive the requirements under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96ABEF0BFA18474283D821A2D327D869"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form and content
of waiver</header>
<subparagraph id="H89E5754669404AD9AEC3FF37BFC7EED7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>A
waiver under paragraph (1) shall be in the form of a written determination
placed in the file of the contract to which the noncompetitive purchase request
relates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC223B672DE4D443FB55C8883A842B91D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>A
waiver under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<clause id="H3B282E61C2DD4CC5A166AA89CC64EDBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the risk associated with making the noncompetitive purchase
request publicly available; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9759018386D44C64B12479C7ACBE28FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
statement that redaction of sensitive information in the noncompetitive
purchase request would not be sufficient to protect the Postal Service from
being placed at a competitive disadvantage relative to a private sector
competitor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF733BB28535C46FB9E49A5E89D58D47C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delegation of
waiver authority</header><text>The Postal Service may not delegate the
authority to approve a waiver under paragraph (1) to any employee having less
authority than the senior procurement executive.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB41E48D8BD524E4EABB882AB96A77FF5"><enum>705.</enum><header>Review of
ethical issues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a
contracting officer identifies any ethical issues relating to a proposed
contract and submits those issues and that proposed contract to the designated
ethics official for the covered postal entity before the awarding of that
contract, that ethics official shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9036B751047F46CF986B4010236E7083"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the
proposed contract; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE6C714498044190BA1ABF3437400A97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advise the
contracting officer on the appropriate resolution of ethical issues.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA17AB06895CC4360BD666B234BFB4F83"><enum>706.</enum><header>Ethical
restrictions on participation in certain contracting activity</header>
<subsection id="H2AE7FF4549A4417D98AB836133258A49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HC577B815A6B64C79A5E34B56EDE39EFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered employee</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49714F48528140C99A20DC1218123C28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a contracting
officer; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BB4D2E824BA407EA0BDAB02C7D33BED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any employee of a
covered postal entity whose decisionmaking affects a postal contract as
determined by regulations prescribed by the head of a covered postal
entity;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF4CA924FA8045198BF31E2586F64C3A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>final conviction</term> means a conviction, whether entered on a verdict
or plea, including a plea of nolo contendere, for which a sentence has been
imposed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9AA2EEAACE54C79B4B1049D2A3E5FFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered relationship</term> means a covered relationship described in
<external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/5/2635.502">section 2635.502(b)(1)</external-xref> of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any
successor thereto.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF29D835C88D463A9188BC1B0B36BEB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HC44440E5DBAD422DADC578B0A4C3DC39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
head of each covered postal entity shall prescribe regulations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2901E1BE7ACF420FA27C05174C86B80B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require a covered
employee to include in the file of any noncompetitive purchase request for a
noncompetitive postal contract a written certification that—</text>
<clause id="HCD91C17639BD4EAA98E4A09A6571E23B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>discloses any
covered relationship of the covered employee; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D84927ED39A4958ABAA2DFEBF4DB320"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>states that the
covered employee will not take any action with respect to the noncompetitive
purchase request that affects the financial interests of a friend, relative, or
person with whom the covered employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental
capacity, or otherwise gives rise to an appearance of the use of public office
for private gain, as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2635">section 2635.702</external-xref> of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor thereto;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A3037286ACE4434903CEEF11CD4FA67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require a
contracting officer to consult with the ethics counsel for the covered postal
entity regarding any disclosure made by a covered employee under subparagraph
(A)(i), to determine whether participation by the covered employee in the
noncompetitive purchase request would give rise to a violation of part 2635 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as the Standards of
Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch), or any successor
thereto;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FDCF34F15674D3292D943E7EF809855"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require the ethics
counsel for a covered postal entity to review any disclosure made by a
contracting officer under subparagraph (A)(i) to determine whether
participation by the contracting officer in the noncompetitive purchase request
would give rise to a violation of part 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (commonly referred to as the Standards of Ethical Conduct for
Employees of the Executive Branch), or any successor thereto;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF96B218571A34476B9D8F92E9E70070C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>under subsections
(d) and (e) of <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/5/2635.502">section 2635.502</external-xref> of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any
successor thereto, require the ethics counsel for a covered postal entity
to—</text>
<clause id="H1C9844A1711E47D584AE2E7F4BE75494"><enum>(i)</enum><text>authorize a
covered employee that makes a disclosure under subparagraph (A)(i) to
participate in the noncompetitive postal contract; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9EBA2E9E33EA4CF08493475D68A248BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disqualify a
covered employee that makes a disclosure under subparagraph (A)(i) from
participating in the noncompetitive postal contract;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C0DC2492D7042239925FD7B5FCC99DD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>require a
contractor to timely disclose to the contracting officer in a bid,
solicitation, award, or performance of a postal contract any conflict of
interest with a covered employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FCFB24E56224C00A978CF5B07EF453B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include authority
for the head of the covered postal entity to grant a waiver or otherwise
mitigate any organizational or personal conflict of interest, if the head of
the covered postal entity determines that the waiver or mitigation is in the
best interests of the covered postal entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H17A7D4586C1A4AA99033B4D75F3B9198"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Posting of
waivers</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the head of a covered postal
entity grants a waiver described in paragraph (1)(F), the head of the covered
postal entity shall make the waiver publicly available on the Web site of the
covered postal entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC79F4D00B25844718217010AB23C9DF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contract
voidance and recovery</header>
<paragraph id="H96C8E39D15AE4D058C841A05E2AA33BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unlawful
conduct</header><text>In any case in which there is a final conviction for a
violation of any provision of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 18 relating to a postal
contract, the head of a covered postal entity may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C1CCA2ADD4547EFAA87D71A9392E7A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>void that
contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF99B613BF48B4981A59E2C3D086C98D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recover the
amounts expended and property transferred by the covered postal entity under
that contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60D6F561AE93441FAC25FD2CB112AA3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obtaining or
disclosing procurement information</header>
<subparagraph id="HCEA9C59565704A1C8DCA28145BF43543"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any case in which a contractor under a postal contract
fails to timely disclose a conflict of interest to the appropriate contracting
officer as required under the regulations promulgated under subsection
(b)(1)(E), the head of a covered postal entity may—</text>
<clause id="H54DE33C4DBF4499BA3DBC02F20D745E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>void that
contract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H12E0DBB7F6034671B0840FE3EC93186A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recover the
amounts expended and property transferred by the covered postal entity under
that contract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E1A6CB45A6A471D9FD08FA1F8A18A45"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conviction or
administrative determination</header><text>A case described under subparagraph
(A) is any case in which—</text>
<clause id="HD159D5B38FBC49ED8B46C9709ECD9A54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there is a final
conviction for an offense punishable under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 41; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2048915AE6624FD8ACC1D520AAC15C87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the head of a
covered postal entity determines, based upon a preponderance of the evidence,
that the contractor or someone acting for the contractor has engaged in conduct
constituting an offense punishable under section 2105 of such
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HACD3FCA8CAC4493095EE1B22C0BD623D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
chapters at the beginning of part I is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35D87479CBF24EA582728DA9FBD2A4BE" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>7.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Contracting
Provisions</level-header><target>701</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HA3014CE1DC5347EEB422D8BE2093F86A"><enum>602.</enum><header>Technical
amendment to definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/7101">Section 7101(8)</external-xref> of title 41, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D32FA304EBD4A82B47E6091DBF8C830"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB720C6E56A54EA19BF0BF99E774897D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5835D499F95D4F0D96035E55F06B2ADB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF44E49FCD1004B0E9533D9E444AC9389" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H148C443B71054BC8BEEFE0AA9F72890E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Postal Service and the
Postal Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H96A6B7BEA1F3439C84ED8976DF697375" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Contract
limitation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H59C912D6491345CC9DB787ACC0419996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each covered contract
entered into within 6 months after the date on which the Postal Service
commences any reduction in force shall include a requirement that the
contractor provide a preference in the hiring of qualifying individuals for
full-time positions created by or as a result of the contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1F55AF03F15E472FB3F7FC505CBF83F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
contract</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>covered
contract</term> means a contract—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3F8ED5CD01FE41D6B31712E297BE6185"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for an amount
greater than $250,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H889DC10AB9D542A387C24B0A2ED902E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entered into by
the Postal Service—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H303CDB2D43E74848A319C1458DB9FD85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A2AEF068F1A4B19BF352767E2B64F92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with a person
other than a small business concern; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB86A6D0F5E6C42149155F07BC130C8A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the
procurement of goods or services; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8DD34B799256436EBA8C61174C808F9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for which such
person will hire 10 or more individuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8B89AEF585494730A85D581D3BDE19A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualifying
individual</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term
<term>qualifying individual</term> means an individual who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0B710A1E859346B5B309D803A702633C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is separated from
the Postal Service due to a reduction in force;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H511B7DD84F3B421C9777B54FB26B5D9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of separation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81EED50DE33E4C3FAF04C15F5B30278B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a career postal
employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB60A09F36F940D0AD05DACAAC2C10C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not a
retirement-eligible individual;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H383EA997CEC14B04B1DFC7A2A3414879"><enum>(3)</enum><text>as of the date of
hire (as referred to in subsection (b)(3)) has been continuously unemployed for
a period not exceeding 78 weeks; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H902912B4D4A64D319EE79063B1F57507"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is qualified for
the position involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF418917FDADC4600A4C405D824B11120"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Retirement-Eligible
individual</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>retirement-eligible individual</term>, as used with respect to a
qualifying individual, means an individual who, at the time of such
individual’s separation (as described in subsection (c)(1)), satisfies the age
and service requirements for entitlement to an annuity under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6F51CB00995C47E98CB2F039A92C4B78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subsection (a),
(b), (c), or (f) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8336">section 8336</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8AB81C81EBA94BEF9B92520942D54763"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subsection (a),
(b), (c), (d), or (g) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8412">section 8412</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H776A1BCA0701427895909442B6118CFE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Small business
concern</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>small
business concern</term> means a small business as defined pursuant to section 3
of the Small Business Act and relevant regulations prescribed pursuant thereto.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Other
Provisions</header>
<section id="H7A87F7F61959459999C6A07006E80B04"><enum>701.</enum><header>Postal facility
designations</header>
<subsection id="HB423B489E765407983F2EFD8A0FFF29E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Facilities
designated</header>
<paragraph id="H741EEA2A2ED848908CE795A5887185CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Officer Tommy
Decker Memorial Post Office</header>
<subparagraph id="HE051B2D7FE634BBBBA44E4C52D1A2FAD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue
North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the
<quote>Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91F05490315747CAB343E198D4079C58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the
United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the <quote>Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post
Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D957E03A23E44A59E81B4E31000676C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Richard K.
Salick Post Office</header>
<subparagraph id="H4ABFA0E2C2314768B41A095A3B263DC1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 North Brevard
Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida, shall be known and designated as the
<quote>Richard K. Salick Post Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27AC3737AD624E2A97E87D6B8D29A527"><enum>(B)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the
United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the <quote>Richard K. Salick Post Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13B2D6AD377F443CA53919B50F25989A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National Park
Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office</header>
<subparagraph id="H190E2CB758004148A5FE3E40201026CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West
in Eatonville, Washington, shall be known and designated as the <quote>National
Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31C3493DE9DA46A8966ED77A1D6EFD71"><enum>(B)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the
United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the <quote>National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post
Office</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87FDD40BFC8647B0B3DD837AED79FCBD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Judge Shirley A.
Tolentino Post Office Building</header>
<subparagraph id="HFC8190365668452D8BF4539C1E68E903"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King
Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as the
<quote>Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1C28A0A095F4BA6B4B47B044C510A1C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the
United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the <quote>Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office
Building</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H33C837987A5E4700B3AA965C5CFB0903"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that additional postal
facility designations be included in postal reform legislation.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6BF1893C53734A539E6A0A79C4DA9196"><enum>702.</enum><header>Response to
submissions by the Postal Service</header>
<subsection id="H30537C19305D46FAB07A68D014B69BF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67A9CF34826247D9AB1A6F52617525D9" style="USC">
<section id="HB9AF28D1B2B74519BCA78C19A6BD7722"><enum>506.</enum><header>Submissions by
the Postal Service to the Postal Regulatory Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whenever the Postal Service submits to the
Postal Regulatory Commission any notice, petition, request, or other filing
intended to initiate a new proceeding before the Commission, the Commission
shall make an initial determination that such filing presents adequate
information upon which the Commission may make its decision or advisory
opinion. If the Commission’s initial determination is that the Postal Service’s
filing is inadequate, it shall dismiss the filing without
prejudice.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4435DCDA03D840F9A92D0BBFC06571C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 5 is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84AD104D3C3549DD8763A05E50A77273" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">506. Submissions by the Postal Service to
the Postal Regulatory
Commission.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H68EF2FAEF3574F7A97E46FBAB8B5F06A"><enum>703.</enum><header>Fair
stamp-evidencing competition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H414641152FD5478F9B1A101E99FFE1E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3F550F6D452442085FAF2B806954C15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H791B9BB6A8734BB687DDE10D977D5312"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02D2EB68634D4D33A3D9EB05AF6D3FF3" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HDF6DB4CFBD564D78AAE972A50D13D1E7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer to the public any postage-evidencing
product or service that does not comply with any rule or regulation that would
be applicable to such product or service if the product or service were offered
by a private
company.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEB60003B16D7459D82C664339B3624DD"><enum>704.</enum><header>USPS innovation
officer and accountability</header>
<subsection id="H1EDA1363D7CD44D59BCAD1B86BDC25E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 2 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF3EBBF0C9F144664AF2D9731BFD8CB77" style="OLC">
<section id="H6A7D9C8417844A51B60D66BA107523DA"><enum>209.</enum><header>USPS innovation
officer and accountability</header>
<subsection id="HEE0604F9BB9F497F80C618F95AF69A56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There shall be in the Postal Service a Chief Innovation
Officer selected by the Postmaster General who shall have proven expertise and
a record of success in 1 or more of the following: postal and shipping
industry, innovation product research and development, marketing brand
strategy, emerging communications technology, or business process management.
The Chief Innovation Officer shall manage the Postal Service’s development and
implementation of innovative postal and nonpostal products and services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC1819A4EF2248648DC2BA3661004198"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Chief Innovation Officer shall have as primary duties—</text>
<paragraph id="H2713C76BA617480B9928D37DDB804DA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>leading the
development of innovative nonpostal products and services that will maximize
revenue to the Postal Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60670DF595874880B7679704F08D1CD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing
innovative postal products and services, particularly those that utilize
emerging information technologies, to maximize revenue to the Postal
Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23DE27376BD24560A5903E88A49C6EEE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>monitoring the
performance of innovative products and services and revising them as needed to
meet changing market trends; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB29AA7E108974A568689647463AEDF55"><enum>(4)</enum><text>taking into
consideration comments or advisory opinions, if applicable, issued by the
Postal Regulatory Committee prior to the initial sale of innovative postal or
nonpostal products and services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H791EEC9D267B4AB3A46E1AAC867890EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation</header>
<paragraph id="HB67EB6AE7B714639813BA232B7603D5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>As
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section, but no later
than January 1, 2014, the Postmaster General shall designate a Chief Innovation
Officer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2601B4859FFC4A21BDA8BE835C069327"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual who holds another
office or position in the Postal Service from serving as the Chief Innovation
Officer under this chapter. However, upon appointment to the position of the
Chief Innovation Officer, such individual may not, while serving in such
office, concurrently hold any other office or position in the Postal
Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDF835C8CE0543D1A89D19F6C3FCE920"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Innovation
strategy</header>
<paragraph id="H8B118596D1B245E89EB795BEAC2AD756"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date on which the
Chief Innovation Officer is designated under subsection (c)(1), the Postmaster
General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of
the House of Representatives a comprehensive strategy for maximizing revenues
through innovative postal and nonpostal products and services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21EDD1B732E74D87BD75B2C5401AF0AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
addressed</header><text>At a minimum, the strategy required by this section
shall address—</text>
<subparagraph id="H570F2AC135664D3584C5B1FE2E131AFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific
innovative postal and nonpostal products and services to be developed and
offered by the Postal Service, including the nature of the market to be filled
by each product and service and the likely date by which each product and
service will be introduced;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H658BFEF3CA454809AC9852757DB9B322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of
developing and offering each product or service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AFFD7F15107494CBC5D405777C68704"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the anticipated
sales volume of each product and service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94EB8C2ABEBD4491A7C71F17EB55E62A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the anticipated
revenues and profits expected to be generated by each product and
service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41E1E07ADDAE4339A7DFAD4EB3F20ACF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the likelihood of
success of each innovative product and service as well as the risks associated
with the development and sale of each innovative product and service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6770233DF6D44DEE9FF5A1E51177F916"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the trends
anticipated in market conditions that may affect the success of each product
and service over the 5-year period beginning on the date such strategy or
update is submitted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D96D1B4D8D449D0BCFD3B039601845F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the metrics that
will be utilized to assess the effectiveness of the innovation strategy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H040C65A042B94E8C9377778237B11176"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Strategy
updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On January 1, 2018,
and every 3 years thereafter, the Chief Innovation Officer shall submit an
update to the innovation strategy submitted under paragraph (1) to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Postal Regulatory Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA8B49EBF20094AB089BB653EB9827FEB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on
performance</header>
<paragraph id="HA2C8E41B7FDD44EBBF7429A87C6B77E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postmaster General shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Postal
Regulatory Commission with the President’s budget submission under section
1105(a) of title 31 a report that details the Postal Service’s progress in
implementing the innovation strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEC3624EE6C3463DB4F276BE9C40A422"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
addressed</header><text>At a minimum, the report required by this section shall
address—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C2B4CD9E88D4E2A9DDFE4E5B50325D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the revenue
generated by each product and service developed through the innovation strategy
and the costs of developing and offering each such product and service for the
most recent fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A38D4C1598F4D8CB861B75580741AAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total sales
volume and revenue generated by each product and service on a monthly basis for
the preceding year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9796FEB1F8324788B7684F7043B9F665"><enum>(C)</enum><text>trends in the
markets filled by each product and service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9C5E07E818C4C50A1FEC1DB9AD9F087"><enum>(D)</enum><text>products and
services identified in the innovation strategy that are to be discontinued, the
date on which the discontinuance will occur, and the reasons for the
discontinuance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA77B760182EC46FBA4174B3D8CFFF1AF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>alterations in
products and services identified in the innovation strategy that will be made
to meet changing market conditions, and an explanation of how these alterations
will ensure the success of the products and services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1CEB3E96B0A472F98BF332B2D205087"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the performance of
the innovation strategy according to the metrics identified in subsection
(d)(2)(G).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFEC7D2972A50420AA51E04C41E231393"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Comptroller
general</header>
<paragraph id="H740A4C9FDABB4A4C98BEB7D28F73342E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the
implementation of the innovation strategy not later than 4 years after the date
of enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E50BFEB1D9D48E289CF7743F4A342BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the Comptroller General shall assess the effectiveness of the Postal
Service in identifying, developing, and selling innovative postal and nonpostal
products and services. The study shall also include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H106FAC35ADBE48CA83769B88BC708DDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an audit of the
costs of developing each innovative postal and nonpostal product and service
developed or offered by the Postal Service during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of this section and ending 4 years after such date;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02AED79954434F448647E7898C920119"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sales volume
of each such product and service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7ED4909491A445F97B6A7C133EE4290"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the revenues and
profits generated by each such product and service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02B1EAFF054E4CE899B265779611FD4E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the likelihood of
continued success of each such product and service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6308B1C75164636A8A31F8FBCA2CA11"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
results of the study required under this subsection shall be submitted to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FDB628C2C3C42929F5925E4880E478E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H63DCC1E9DEF1455F897B5A38B6C1794C" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">209. USPS innovation officer and
accountability.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC6909A89EB604928A969DF16128448E4"><enum>705.</enum><header>Postal
regulatory commission travel reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504(d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC10F164443F4FC880AF5FD30CAD4D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C79D518CBD84579A0822FDDDCB582CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87D6B98BE6204BEC96BC6D77B7676065" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C1F8E769F424E449BCE042A42DED21C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the end of
each fiscal year, the Postal Regulatory Commissioners shall submit an itemized
report describing all travel and reimbursable business travel expenses paid to
each Commissioner, including the Chairman, when performing regulatory duties to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate. The report submitted under this paragraph shall include a
detailed justification for any travel or reimbursable business travel expense
that deviates from the Commission’s travel and reimbursable business travel
expense policies and guidelines.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>