POSTAL SERVICE see also Postmaster General

Addresses

Commemorative Envelope for Small Business, 11195 [7MY]

Postal Service Pledges To Work for Quality Education—Postmaster General Bolger, 15770 [11JN]

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5798), 16886 [18JN], 17068 [19JN], 17371 [20JN], 17685, 17687, 17694, 17702, 17703 [21JN], 19102, 19112, 19114, 19115, 19118-19120, 19125, 19126 [27JN], 20575, 20584, 20591, 20593, 20595, 20601, 20602 [24JY], 20787, 20788, 20792, 20793, 20796-20798, 20903, 20906 [25JY]

———making (H.R. 5798), conference report, 25107, 25111-25120 [12SE]

Postal savings certificates: redemption, 6384 [22MR]

Analyses

Electronic Computer Mail Postage Rate: Business Corp. of America, 4318 [5MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5798, appropriations, 20800 [25JY], 21929 [1AU]

Articles and editorials

Computer Communications Vulnerable as Privacy Laws Lag Behind Technology, 6096-6101 [21MR]

First Class—Postal Service Delivers, 10002 [25AP]

Kremlin Plot To Block U.S. Mail, 16899 [18JN]

Milford Forrester's Surprise, 9079 [12AP]

Postal Clerk Requirements for Servicing Draft Registrants When Contrary to Religious Beliefs, 30760 [5OC]

Tracing Soviet Postal Piracy, 24341 [5SE]

USPS Rates Are Cheapest—Postal Worker Productivity Hightest, 15493 [7JN]

Were New York To ``Secede'' From the Postal Service, 9989 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: prohibit mail transportation by certain debtor airlines (see H.R. 4815)

Apartment house mail receptacles: prohibit acquisition for public use (see H.R. 5756)

Appropriations: making (see S. 2853; H.R. 5798)

Carl W. Morris Post Office Building, Romulus, MI (see H.R. 4697)

Charleston, SC: deauthorizing public building project (see H.R. 5746)

District of Columbia: transfer of General Post Office Building to Smithsonian Institution (see S. 2271; H.R. 4715)

Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, Moorestown, NJ: designate (see S. 2594)

Elections: post-card registration (see H.R. 5815)

———voter registration forms and absentee ballots mailed free of postage (see S. 2806; H.R. 5944)

John F. Kilkenny U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pendleton, OR: designate (see H.R. 5997)

John W. Davis Post Office Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5961)

Law enforcement officers: codify authority (see S. 2393)

Lawrence P. McDonald Post Office Building, Rossville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5962)

Mail service: improvement (see H.R. 6314)

Mailboxes, neighborhood boxes, and parcel lockers: prohibition from purchasing, erecting, or installing (see S. 2794)

Neighborhood delivery and collection box units: prohibit acquisition for public use (see H.R. 5756)

New Haven, CT: commemorative stamp for 350th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 639)

Nonprofit or noncommercial matters: exemption of certain persons or organizations from prohibition against use of residential letterboxes (see H.R. 5668)

Poland: rates for food, medicine, and clothing (see H.R. 4639, 6092)

Public housing: mailboxes for certain residential buildings (see H.R. 5570)

Soviet Union: compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail (see S. Con. Res. 121; H. Con. Res. 294)

———reduced rates for parcels of food, medicine, or clothing (see H.R. 6092)

Communications from

Annual report, 763 (EC2535) [30JA]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 4528 (EC2798) [5MR]

Government in the Sunshine Act, 115 (EC2333) [23JA]

Investigative activities: report, 18593 (EC3446) [25JN], 18977 (EC3634) [26JN]

Postal rate changes: conference, 44 (EC2081) [23JA], 46 (EC2158) [23JA]

Postal Rate Commission: classification and rate schedules deletion request, 20478 (EC3546) [23JY]

———computer changes for domestic mail classification system, 20477 (EC3517) [23JY]

———error notice for prehearing conference on special fourth class mail, 20884 (EC3572) [25JY]

———prehearing conference on mail classification schedules, 24599 (EC3693) [7SE]

———prehearing conference postponement, 21384 (EC3605) [27JY]

Postal rates, orders, procedures, and hearings: notice, 43 (EC2055) [23JA]

Privacy Act records system: modification, 22121 (EC3622, EC3623) [2AU]

Records system: notification, 22279 (EC3840, EC3841) [2AU]

———report, 8521 (EC3131), 8584 (EC3033) [10AP]

Explanations

Franked mail limitations for candidates for public office, 644 [26JA]

Letters

Appropriations: David A. Stockman, 17677 [21JN]

Electronic computer mail postage rate: American Postal Workers, 4883 [8MR]

———Business Corp. of America, 4317 [5MR]

———Postmaster General Bolger, 15608 [11JN]

Employee benefits: Representative William Ford, 21713 [31JY]

Nationwide Congressional mailing at taxpayers expense: Walter G. Knauff, 5581 [14MR]

Postal rate and regulatory discrimination against the print media: Wilmington (OH) News-Journal, 14865 [4JN]

Soviet compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail: Robert Mednick, 16853 [20JN]

———(sundry), 16851 [18JN]

Mailgrams

Electronic computer mail postage rate: National Association of Letter Carriers, 5891 [20MR]

Memorials of legislature

Maine, 8424 [9AP], 8522 [10AP]

Pennsylvania, 4529 [5MR]

Petitions

Postal Service: Matagorda County, TX, County Commissioners, 10345 [30AP]

Private mail delivery: Mabel Cook, 14690 [31MY]

Remarks in House

Absentee ballots: permit postage free mailing, 19162 [27JN]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5798), 15444 [7JN], 17672-17707 [21JN], 19100-19129 [27JN], 20451 [29JN], 20607 [24JY]

———making (H.R. 5798), appointment of conferees, 21929 [1AU]

———making (H.R. 5798), conference report, 25100 [12SE]

———making (H.R. 5798), permission to file conference report, 23493 [9AU]

Barbara C. Jordan Post Office Building: designate (H. Res. 374), 16845 [18JN]

Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building: designate (H.R. 6440), 31350 [10OC], 32244 [11OC]

Carl W. Morris Post Office Building: designate (H.R. 4697), 16843 [18JN]

———designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]

Coram, NY Post Office: open house, 24577 [6SE]

Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, Moorestown, NJ: designate (H.R. 4665), 7282 [2AP]

———designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]

Employees: changing of compensation structures, 26737 [25SE]

———contract negotiations, 21564 [30JY], 21713 [31JY], 21908 [1AU], 22080 [1AU], 22303, 22314 [2AU], 22962 [8AU], 23191, 23196 [8AU], 23451 [9AU], 24014 [10AU], 24125, 24130 [10AU], 24178 [10AU]

———tribute, 22285 [2AU]

Free Postage Election Participation Act, 19162 [27JN]

Friedman, Lawrence H.: tribute, 13990 [23MY]

International mail: investigate Soviet interception (H. Con. Res. 294), 10248 [26AP]

John Dent Post Office Building, Jeannette, PA: designate (H.R. 4598), 16844 [18JN], 16845 [19JN]

———designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]

John F. Kilkenny U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pendleton, OR: designate (H.R. 5997), 23497 [9AU]

Labor negotiations: dispute with employee unions, 21746 [31JY], 22063 [1AU]

La Motte, Bettie J.: tribute, 20426 [29JN]

Mail franking privileges: limitations for candidates for public office, 644 [26JA]

McGinty, Sallie: tribute, 14401 [24MY]

Olympic games: commend Postal Service accomplishments, 30165 [4OC]

Poland: reduced postage on packages, 23203 [8AU]

Post-Card Registration Act: enact (H.R. 5815), 15997 [12JN]

Soviet Union: compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail (H. Con. Res. 294), 16847-16854 [18JN]

———reduced postage on certain packages, 23203 [8AU]

Tribute, 10029 [25AP]

Voter registration forms and instructions: permit postage free mailing, 19162 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5798), 20498 [23JY], 20571-20596 [24JY], 20785-20800 [25JY], 21392 [27JY]

———making (H.R. 5798), appointment of conferees, 20800 [25JY]

———making (H.R. 5798), budget waiver vitiated, 20498 [23JY]

———making (H.R. 5798), legislative procedure, 20499, 20507 [23JY]

———making (S. 1646), postponed, 1739 [2FE]

Bloomberg, Warren M.: tribute, 25064 [12SE]

Bolger, William F.: tribute, 30778 [9OC]

Child support: prohibit fees for information provided in enforcement cases, 20595 [24JY]

Crimes: provisions for acts committed on postal property (S. 2393), 4764 [7MR]

Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, Moorestown, NJ: designate (S. 2594), 9879 [25AP]

Elections: voter registration forms and absentee ballots mailed free of postage (S. 2806), 19395 [27JN]

Electronic computer mail: postage rate, 4316 [5MR], 4883 [8MR], 5891 [20MR], 15608 [11JN]

Forrester, Milford: tribute, 9079 [12AP]

Hardesty, Robert L.: completion of Postal Service Board of Governors term, 508 [26JA]

John F. Kilkenny U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pendleton, OR: designate (H.R. 5997), 28865, 29145 [3OC]

Kress, Martin F.: tribute, 22558 [7AU]

Mailboxes, neighborhood boxes, and parcel lockers: prohibition from purchasing, erecting, or installing (S. 2794), 18684 [26JN]

New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center: designate, 31952 [11OC]

Nonprofit organizations: rates, 20596 [24JY]

Postal savings certificates: redemption, 6383 [22MR]

Postal Savings System Statute of Limitations Act: enact (H.R. 3922), 19736 [28JN]

Postal unions: contract negotiations, 22705 [8AU]

District of Columbia: transfer of postal building to Smithsonian Institution (H.R. 4025), 30658, 30659 [5OC]

———transfer of postal building to Smithsonian Institution (H.R. 4025), referred to committee, 26715 [25SE]

———transfer of postal building to Smithsonian Institution (S. 2271), 2262 [8FE]

———transfer of postal building to Smithsonian Institution (S. 2271), referral, 6696 [27MR]

———transfer of postal building to Smithsonian Institution—notice of hearing, 22862 [8AU]

Soviet Union: compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail (H. Con. Res. 294), 19734 [28JN], 22323 [3AU]

———compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail (S. Con. Res. 121), 15615 [11JN], 16898 [18JN]

———compliance with treaties governing delivery of international mail (S. Con. Res. 121), indefinitely postponed, 19739 [28JN]

ZIP code: prohibit use in determining credit worthiness, 20796 [25JY]

Reports

Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 5798) (H. Rept. 98-993), 24466, 24533 [6SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5798) (H. Rept. 98-830), 15484 [7JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (S. 2853) (S. Rept. 98-562), 20479 [23JY]

Authority for Postal Service Security Personnel To Exercise Police Powers and Provide Penalities for Regulation Violations: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2393) (S. Rept. 98-488), 14832 [4JN]

Budget Cut in Terms of Postal Rate Increase: Committee on Appropriations (excerpt), 17680 [21JN]

Claims for Unpaid Accounts: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3922) (S. Rept. 98-533), 18683 [26JN]

Contract Procurement of Services Reserved for Preference Eligibles: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5799) (H. Rept. 98-915), 21457 [27JY]

Intelpost as a Postal Service Failure in Electronic Mail: Committee on Governmental Operations (H. Rept. 98-675), 9026 [11AP]

John Kilkenny U.S. Post Office and Court House: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5997) (H. Rept. 98-928), 21979 [1AU]

Mail Fraud and Graft in Financial Operations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5872) (H. Rept. 98-901), 20702 [24JY]

Nomination: Ruth O. Peters, 11255 [8MY]

Nondelivery of U.S. Mail in Soviet Union: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 121), 17575 [20JN]

Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act (H.R. 7977): Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (excerpt relating to compensation for travel time), 28330 [2OC]

Transfer of District of Columbia Post Office Building to Smithsonian Institution: Committees on Environment and Public Works and Rules and Administration (H.R. 4025) (S. Rept. 98-651), 27843 [29SE]

U.S. Mail Carried on U.S.-Flag Vessels: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 188) (S. Rept. 98-443), 12023 [14MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5798), 17687, 17691, 17694 [21JN], 19101, 19102, 19112, 19127 [27JN]

Statements

Appropriations: Representative Roybal, 17679 [21JN]

Delivery of International Mail: Representative Gilman (excerpt of response to Soviet statement), 22324 [3AU]

———Soviet Union (excerpt), 22324 [3AU]

———U.S. delegation to Universal Postal Union Congress (excerpt of response to Soviet statement), 22324 [3AU]

Postal Reorganization Act Accomplishments: Robert L. Hardesty, 508-511 [26JA]

Soviet Position on Civil Rights: Delegations of the U.S.S.R., the Ukraine and Byelorussia, 22317 [2AU]

———Representative Gilman, 22317 [2AU]

———William F. Bolger, 22316 [2AU]

U.S. Response to the Soviet Position on Civil Rights, 22318 [2AU]

Tables

Comparative statement of new budget (obligational) authority, 25101 [12SE]

Funding levels under H.R. 5798, 20571 [24JY], 20799 [25JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 294, investigate Soviet interception of international mail, 10248 [26AP], 16847 [18JN]

H. Res. 374, Barbara C. Jordan Post Office Building, 16845 [18JN]

H.R. 4598, John Dent Post Office Building, 16844 [18JN]

H.R. 4697, Carl W. Morris Post Office Building, 16843 [18JN]

H.R. 5798, appropriations, 20499-20507 [23JY]

H.R. 5997, John F. Kilkenny U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 23497 [9AU]

S. 2594, Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, Moorestown, NJ, 9879 [25AP]

S. Con. Res. 121, nondelivery of mail in Soviet Union, 15615 [11JN]