I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5919 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2010 Mr. Chaffetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To grant the Postmaster General the authority to implement up to 12 non-mail delivery days each fiscal year for the United States Postal Service.

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Implementation of discretionary non-mail delivery days

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In general

Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f)(1)The Postmaster General may declare up to 12 non-mail delivery days in a fiscal year. Not later than 6 months before the beginning of such year, the Postmaster General shall submit to the Board of Governors a report listing the date on which each non-mail delivery day will occur, consistent with the requirements of this subsection. (2)A declaration under paragraph (1) shall not be effective unless it is made in compliance with the following: (A)A non-mail delivery day under this subsection shall occur on a date that falls on a day that— (i)is other than a Sunday; and (ii)is not a legal public holiday listed in section 6103(a) of title 5 or any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order. (3)Any day which is declared under this subsection to be a non-mail delivery day shall— (A)for purposes of mail delivery and such other postal operations as the Postal Service may by regulation prescribe, be treated as if it were a Sunday; except that (B)an employee of the Postal Service, other than one who is prevented from working on a non-mail delivery day by reason of this subsection, shall be entitled to the same pay and benefits for that day as if this subsection had not been enacted. (4)(A)The 6-day mail delivery requirement shall not apply with respect to a week in which occurs a non-mail delivery day under this subsection. (B)The authority to declare a non-mail delivery day under this subsection shall be considered to be within the right of the Postal Service to determine the methods, means, and personnel by which postal operations are to be conducted. (5)The Postal Service may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. .