[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2385 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2385

   To require that the General Accounting Office study and report on 
  possible connections between the recurring incidence of violence by 
  postal employees and workplace-related frustrations experienced by 
                       postal workers generally.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 1999

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require that the General Accounting Office study and report on 
  possible connections between the recurring incidence of violence by 
  postal employees and workplace-related frustrations experienced by 
                       postal workers generally.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The General Accounting Office shall conduct a 
study to determine the extent to which the incidence of seemingly 
random yet recurrent violence on the part of employees and former 
employees of the United States Postal Service might be related to the 
levels of workplace-related problems and frustrations experienced by 
postal workers generally.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the study, the General Accounting 
Office shall investigate--
            (1) the number of formal or informal proceedings brought by 
        postal employees in recent years in which supervisor abuse or 
        other similar mistreatment by the Postal Service was alleged, 
        and how those proceedings were resolved;
            (2) the degree of postal employee satisfaction or 
        dissatisfaction with the different procedures and mechanisms 
        available to them for having their workplace-related 
        frustrations and complaints heard and resolved, particularly 
        any procedures or mechanisms provided pursuant to collective 
        bargaining; and
            (3) the number of violent incidents committed by employees 
        or former employees of the Postal Service in recent years, and 
        whether workplace-related problems or frustrations may have 
        been a contributing factor.
    (c) Specific Matters.--The matters to be investigated under 
subsection (b)(1) shall specifically include discrimination on the 
basis of gender, race, or disability; sexual harassment; retaliatory 
assignments; and irregularities in hiring, training, promotions, and 
disciplinary actions.
    (d) Report.--The General Accounting Office shall transmit to the 
Congress and the United States Postal Service, within 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, a report containing the findings and 
conclusions of its study, together with recommendations for any 
legislation or administrative actions which it considers appropriate.
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