Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003

3.0.0 735 2023-01-15T22:48:24Z 2023-01-15T22:48:24Z House H HR 2003-02-12 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2003-03-27T20:03:24Z Markup by 2003-03-06T16:27:57Z Referred to 2003-02-12T14:53:00Z H. Rept. 108-49 Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 108 380 S 2003-04-23 Became Public Law No: 108-18. Related bill House 2003-04-08 17:22:47 Laid on the table. See S. 380 for further action. Floor H1L310 2 House floor actions 2003-03-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00030 2003-03-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-49. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2003-03-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-49. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2003-03-06 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2003-03-06 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2003-02-12 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2003-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 N W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2003-02-12 True D000136 Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] THOMAS DAVIS R VA M. 11 2003-02-12 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2003-02-12 True I000057 Rep. 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Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] MIKE PENCE R IN 6 2003-03-27 False 2003-03-14T06:00:00Z H.R. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14324 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003</p> 2003-03-14T06:00:00Z H.R. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14324 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003 S. 380 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/380 Government Operations and Politics Accounting Armed Forces and National Security Budget surpluses Capital investments Civil service retirement Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost control Economic forecasting Economics and Public Finance Executive compensation Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Fringe benefits Government employees' health insurance Government liability Government paperwork Government spending reductions Government trust funds Health Inflation Investment of public funds Labor and Employment Legislation Military pensions Payroll deductions Planning Postal service Productivity in government Public debt Retiree health benefits Social Welfare United States Postal Service Valuation Volunteer workers Wages Government Operations and Politics

00 2003-02-12 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Mandates that savings accruing to the Postal Service and attributable to specified years: (1) be used to reduce the postal debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall specify; and (2) be held in escrow until Congress acts following receipt of certain reports.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the savings accruing to the Postal Service as a result of the enactment of this Act will be sufficient to allow the Postal Service to fulfill its commitment to hold postage rates unchanged until at least 2006; (2) because the Postal Service still faces substantial obligations related to postretirement health benefits for its current and former employees, some portion of those savings should be used to address the unfunded obligations; and (3) none of the savings should be used to pay bonuses to Postal Service executives.

Sets a deadline for submission of a mandatory Postal Service report detailing how future savings accruing to the Postal Service as a result of the enactment of this Act should be expended.]]>

17 2003-03-27 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z (Sec. 3) Requires that savings accruing to the Postal Service and attributable to FY 2003 and 2004 be used to reduce the postal debt.

Prohibits the Postal Service from incurring additional debt to offset the use of the savings to reduce the postal debt in FY 2003 and 2004.

Requires that: (1) savings attributable to FY 2005 be used to continue holding postage rates unchanged and to reduce the postal debt; and (2) savings attributable to any fiscal year after FY 2005 be considered Postal Service operating expenses and, until otherwise provided for by law, be held in escrow and not be obligated or expended.

Directs the Postal Service to submit to the President and Congress its proposal detailing how any savings accruing to it as a result of the enactment of this Act, which are attributable to any fiscal year after FY 2005, should be expended. Requires the General Accounting Office to evaluate such proposal for specified congressional committees, and Congress, after receiving both proposal and evaluation, to revisit the question of how the savings should be used.

Requires the Postmaster General to report to Congress how the Postal Service proposes to use any surplus determined by the Office of Management and Budget as of the end of FY 2025, or any earlier date by which all postal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System will have retired.]]>

Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 Display Title Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 Short Titles as Reported to House Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 H House Reported in House 2003-03-27T05:00:00Z Introduced in House 2003-02-12T05:00:00Z 2003-04-08 Laid on the table. See S. 380 for further action. 17:22:47 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.