POSTAL SERVICE related term(s) Postmaster General

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5294), 18422 [31JY], 18650, 18671 [1AU], 19388, 19389, 19392, 19393, 19394, 19399 [6AU], 25853 [24SE]

Barnwell, SC: designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building (S. 2452), 31510, 31511 [15OC], 33803 [18OC]

Periodicals: rates for mailing to counties adjacent to county of publication (S. 2723), 29523 [8OC]

Senate: restrictions on mass mailings (S. Res. 374), 10630 [14MY]

Analyses

Civil Service Retirement—Capital Accumulation Plans for Federal Employees: Library of Congress, 11304-11310 [20MY]

Mail Management Improvement Act (S. 2623), 15883 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Aid to the Weeklies, 22372 [9SE]

Death of ``Mr. Speaker'' Marks End of Legendary Political Era, 10830 [15MY]

Former Postal Employee Takes on New Job at 72, 584 [27JA]

Mail Delivery Scores High in Test, 5578 [19MR]

Mail Must Go Through, 15872 [26JN]

Newsletters We Don't Need, 8853 [29AP]

Postage Rate on Newspapers, Magazines, and Books, 13723 [13JN]

Postal Communications (excerpt), 25852 [24SE]

S.C.'s Rep. Sol Blatt—Barnwell Democrat Was Still Legislator After 54 Years, 10831 [15MY]

Speaker Emeritus, 10832 [15MY]

Zip Code Really Works, ``Skillets'' Will Attest, 17155 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: enforcement of quarantine laws through inspection of certain mail parcels (see H.R. 5601)

Appropriations: waiving certain points of order against consideration of H.R. 5294 (see H. Res. 521)

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to cost of living adjustments for certain Federal retirement and disability programs (see H.R. 4017, 4025, 4057, 4075)

Ballistic knives: prohibit possession, manufacture, sale, and importation (see S. 2411)

Barnwell, SC: designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building (see S. 2452; H.R. 4852, 5670)

Child Protection Act: reimbursement of expenditures required for investigations (see S. 2730)

Civil service retirement: cost of living adjustments (see S. 2238)

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (see S. 2652; H.R. 5194)

Crime and criminals: penalties for mail fraud (see H.R. 4213)

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5294)

Executive departments: mail management (see S. 2623; H.R. 5099)

Foreign trade: enforcement of plant and animal quarantine laws (see H.R. 5684)

Government procurement: cost comparison with private sector (see H.R. 4431)

Handicapped: cost of living adjustments for certain Federal disability programs (see S. 2198)

House: franking privilege (see H. Res. 433, 435, 457)

———franking privilege costs (see S. 2059, 2272)

———quarterly statement on mass mailing costs (see H. Res. 377)

Insurance: free, up to value of $100 (see H.R. 5649)

Jersey City, NJ: budget waiver for consideration of conference report on H.R. 2672, designate Michael McDermott Place (see S. Res. 410)

———technical correction in enrollment of H.R. 2672, designate Michael McDermott Place (see S. Con. Res. 142)

———waive certain points of order against conference report on H.R. 2672, designate Michael McDermott Place (see H. Res. 458)

La Place, LA: designate Gillis W. Long Memorial Post Office (see S. 2418; H.R. 4782)

Lansing, MI: designate Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and U.S. Post Office (see H.R. 5446)

Members of Congress: franking privilege (see S. Con. Res. 139)

MIAs: commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 392)

New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center: budget waiver for consideration of conference report on H.R. 2672, designate (see S. Res. 410)

———technical correction in enrollment of H.R. 2672 (see S. Con. Res. 142)

———waive certain points of order against conference report on H.R. 2672 (see H. Res. 458)

Newark, NJ: designate Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (see S. 2062; H.R. 4156)

Officers and employees: procedural and appeal rights relative to adverse personnel actions (see S. 2134)

Pensions: cost of living adjustments (see S. 2198)

Periodicals: rates for mailing to counties adjacent to county of publication (see S. 2723; H.R. 5350)

Plants: enforcement of quarantine laws through inspection of certain mail parcels (see H.R. 5601)

Postmaster General: appointment, pay, and expenses (see S. 2493; H.R. 4866)

———stamps commemorating crew of space shuttle Challenger (see H.R. 5014; H.J. Res. 654)

Robert, Henry M.: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 509)

Senate: franking privilege costs (see S. 2059, 2272)

———official mail expenditures (see S. Res. 500)

———restriction on mass mailings (see S. Res. 374)

Senate Legal Counsel: intervention in American Postal Workers Union v. U.S. and in American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S. (see S. Res. 317)

Soviet Union: interference with delivery of mail (see S. Con. Res. 164; H. Con. Res. 384)

Taxation: computing amount of deductions allowed to rural mail carriers for use of private vehicles (see S. 2753)

———deductions allowed for use of private automobiles by rural mail carriers (see H.R. 4715)

Tax-exempt organizations: information requirement for solicitations by mail (see H.R. 5361)

Waterford, MI: assign single ZIP code (see H.R. 5033)

West Liberty, TX: designate M.P. Daniel and Thomas F. Calhoon, Sr., Post Office Building (see H.R. 5170)

Communications from

Civil misrepresentation activities: report, 13127 (EC3311) [10JN], 13266 (EC3700) [11JN]

Computer matching program: notice, 10606 (EC3156) [14MY]

———report, 6019 (EC2773) [24MR]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 3852 (EC2939) [6MR], 3954 (EC2638) [6MR]

Government in the Sunshine Act: report, 45 (EC2490) [21JA], 561 (EC2288) [27JA]

Records system: report, 12075 (EC3226) [2JN], 12128 (EC3613) [3JN]

Report, 1717 (EC2367) [5FE], 2131 (EC2757) [18FE]

Documents

Declaration on Human Rights, Article 12: U.N. (excerpt), 25852 [24SE]

Explanations

Limitations on the use of the frank by candidates for public office, 36 [21JA]

Restrictions on Senate mass mailings (S. Res. 374): CBO, 10591 [14MY]

Letters

Evolution of the congressional franking privilege: GAO, 10433 [13MY]

Franked mail: James S. Stanford, 13878 [16JN]

Paramount, CA, former Postmaster Sallie Robinson: Representative Dymally, 25384 [23SE]

Personnel action appeal rights for excepted service employees: VFW, 6610 [8AP]

Senate mass mailing: Milton J. Socolar, 10593 [14MY]

Treasury/Postal Service/general Government appropriations: Executive Office of the President, 18630 [1AU]

Lists

Impact of budget reductions on library services, 6908 [9AP]

Memorials of legislature

California, 27267 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Pennsylvania, 48 [21JA], 396 [23JA]

Remarks in House

Agricultural pests: prohibit use of mail for transport of plant materials, 30396 [10OC]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5294), 18625, 18647 [1AU], 19387 [6AU], 19400 [13AU]-19403 [6AU]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to certain automatic spending increases (H.R. 4017), 11 [21JA]

———amend relative to certain automatic spending increases (H.R. 4025), 345 [22JA], 3072 [27FE], 17003, 17007 [17JY]

Barnwell, SC: designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building (S. 2452), 31509-31511 [15OC]

———designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office (H.R. 4852), 11480 [20MY]

Comick, Thomas F.: tribute, 21745 [14AU]

Congress: franking privileges, 8853 [29AP]

Congressional mailings: expenses, 6628 [8AP]

Connecticut: tribute to the Federal and Postal Advisory Committee, 32701 [16OC]

Corpus Christi, TX: designate the Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (H.R. 5194), 17020 [17JY]

Credibility, 12548 [5JN]

Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, Moorestown, NJ: designate (H.R. 3242), 5051 [17MR]

Elections: franking statutes, rules, and regulations governing mass mailings by candidates, 36 [21JA]

Federal Civil Service Supplemental Retirement System Act: enact (H.R. 3660), 8986 [29AP]

Federal employees: procedural and appeal rights of excepted service employees (H.R. 917), 6609 [8AP]

Juanita J. Craft Post Office, Dallas, TX: designate (H.R. 3331), 5053 [17MR], 5202 [18MR]

La Place, LA: name U.S. Post Office after Gillis W. Long (H.R. 4782), 10264 [9MY], 17685 [24JY], 17858 [28JY]

Labor unions: use of compulsory union dues for political purposes, 26585 [26SE]

Ledbetter, Don: tribute, 17013 [17JY]

Let's Be Frank About the Frank Resolution: enact (H. Res. 377), 2027 [6FE]

Mail Management Improvement Act: enact, 16305 [26JN]

Mazza, Leo: tribute, 33602 [17OC]

New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center: Michael McDermott Place (H.R. 2672), conference report, 11906-11916 [22MY]

———Michael McDermott Place (H.R. 2672), conference report, technical corrections, 11916 [22MY]

———Michael McDermott Place (H.R. 2672), permission to file conference report, 10889 [15MY]

Pensions: retirement system, 9744 [7MY]

Pornography: authority to conduct seizures and forfeitures, 19399 [6AU]

Postal Rate Commission: use of preferred rate mail category, 8027 [17AP]

Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General: appointment, pay, and status (H.R. 4866), 11604 [21MY]

Private Express Statute: repeal, 16496 [15JY]

Restructure (H.R. 4866), 11604 [21MY]

Robinson, Sallie: dismissal, 25384 [23SE]

Rural areas: estimated mileage tax allowance for letter carriers, 8999 [29AP]

———tax treatment for use of private automobiles by certain letter carriers (H.R. 4715), 9136 [30AP], 9364 [1MY]

Rural Newspaper Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 5350), 19635 [6AU]

Small publications: reinstate limited circulation rate postal subsidy (H.R. 5350), 19635 [6AU]

Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building, Barnwell, SC: designate (S. 2452), 33641 [17OC]

Soviet Union: interference between U.S. and Soviet postal communications (H. Con. Res. 384), 27339 [30SE]

———interference with international mail (H. Con. Res. 384), 22183 [15AU]

Taxation: deductions allowed for use of private automobiles by rural mail carriers (H.R. 4715), 9136 [30AP], 9364 [1MY]

Voss, Peter: criminal activities, 12548 [5JN]

Washington (DC) Post: informal survey regarding Postal Service, 5578 [19MR]

Williamsburg, VA: commemorative postage stamp for theater, 32677 [16OC]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5294), 21906 [15AU]

Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act: enact (S. 2411), 9664 [6MY]

Barnwell, SC: designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building (S. 2452), 10830-10832 [15MY], 33803 [18OC]

———designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building: designate (S. 2452), 26903 [29SE]

Child Protection Forfeiture Amendments Act: enact (S. 2730), 20148 [8AU]

Civil service retirement: cost of living adjustments (S. 2238), 6335 [26MR]

Congress: funding for official mail cost, 21363 [13AU]

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (S. 2652), 16851 [17JY]

Employees: extend procedural and appeal rights with respect to certain adverse personnel actions (S. 2134), 3543 [4MR]

Federal employees: reform retirement system (H.R. 2672), conference report, 11300-11310 [20MY], 11802, 11803, 11807 [21MY]

———reform retirement system (H.R. 2672), conference report, technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 142), 11310 [20MY]

Franking Cost Control Act: enact (S. 2059), 1899 [6FE], 3427 [3MR]

Handicapped: cost of living adjustments for certain Federal disability programs (S. 2198), 5159 [18MR], 13868 [16JN]

Hawaii: transfer certain lands under jurisdiction of the Navy in exchange for laundry facilities, 19551 [6AU]

International mail: sea transportation on U.S. registry vessels (S. 186), 14816 [20JN]

La Place, LA: designate Gillis W. Long Memorial Post Office (S. 2418), 9901 [7MY]

Mail Management Improvement Act: enact (S. 2623), 15873-15898 [26JN]

Members: limit amount expended on franked mail, 10433 [13MY]

———limit amount expended on franked mail (S. Con. Res. 139), 10598-10600 [14MY]

Members of Congress: franking privilege cost control (S. 2272), 6657 [8AP]

———limit amount expended on franked mail (S. Con. Res. 139), 13877 [16JN]

———limitations on franked mail, 12873, 12874 [6JN]

New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center: designate (H.R. 2672), conference report, 11803, 11807 [21MY]

———Michael McDermott Place (H.R. 2672), conference report, 11803, 11807 [21MY]

Newspapers: restore second-class rates for certain publications, 12760 [5JN], 13723 [13JN]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for certain Federal retirement programs (S. 2198), 5159 [18MR], 13868 [16JN]

Periodicals: rates for mailing to counties adjacent to county of publication (S. 2723), 19576 [6AU], 22372 [9SE], 29523 [8OC]

Postmaster General: appointment, pay, and expenses (S. 2493), 11740 [21MY]

Senate: restrictions on mass mailings (S. Res. 374), 9975 [8MY], 10589, 10595-10596 [14MY], 13877 [16JN]

———restrictions on mass mailings (S. Res. 374), unanimous-consent agreement, 10597 [14MY]

Senate Legal Counsel: intervention in American Postal Workers Union v. U.S. and in American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S. (S. Res. 317), 1298 [30JA]

Soviet Union: interference with delivery of mail (S. Con. Res. 164), 25852 [24SE]

Taxation: treatment of rural mail carrier automobile maintenance allowance (S. 2753), 21393 [13AU]

Reports

Designate New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center as Michael McDermott Place (H.R. 2672): Committee of Conference, 11135-11183 [19MY]

Evolution of the Congressional Franking Privilege: Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service, 10433 [13MY]

Prohibit Use of Mail for Martial Arts Weapons (S. 1363), 26954 [29SE]

Reports filed

Amount Senators May Expend for Mass Mailings During Remainder of Fiscal Year: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 374) (S. Rept. 99-285), 8534 [23AP]

Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5294) (H. Rept. 99-723), 18227 [30JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5294) (S. Rept. 99-406), 21592 [14AU]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5294; H. Res. 521) (H. Rept. 99-726), 18419 [31JY]

Designate Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, Lansing, MI: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5446) (H. Rept. 99-878), 26075 [24SE]

Extension of Procedural and Appeal Rights to Postal Service Employees With Respect to Certain Adverse Personnel Actions: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2134), 23096 [12SE]

Federal Employees Procedural and Appeal Rights of Excepted Service Employees: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 917) (H. Rept. 99-506), 6056 [25MR]

International Sea Transportation of Mail on U.S. Vessels: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 186) (S. Rept. 99-321), 13128 [10JN]

Managing Funding for Senate Official Mail: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 500), 27994 [2OC]

New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center and Michael McDermott Place: Committee on Rules (H.R. 2672; H. Res. 458) (H. Rept. 99-608), 11448 [20MY]

———Committee on the Budget (H.R. 2672; S. Res. 410), 11314 [20MY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2672) (H. Rept. 99-606), 11184 [19MY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2672) (S. Rept. 99-302), 11217 [19MY]

Nomination: John N. Griesemer, 27995 [2OC]

———Nevin Crocker, 20922 [12AU]

Postal Service Executive Jet: Committee on Government Operation (H. Rept. 99-915), 27116 [29SE]

Prohibition of Use of Mails To Send Dangerous Martial Arts Weapons: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1363) (S. Rept. 99-503, 26954 [29SE]

Prompt Payment Act Implementation Improvements Needed: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-927), 27425 [30SE]

Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building, Barnwell, SC (S. 2452), 24968 [19SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5294), 18647 [1AU]

Statements

Postal Rate Commission Use of Preferred Rate Mail Category, 8027 [17AP]

Tables

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act—GAO estimates of program reductions, 345 [22JA]

Franked mail postage and fees, 13878 [16JN]

Funding for Senate mass mailing under provisions of S. Res. 374, 10591 [14MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 384, interference with postal communications between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, 27339 [30SE]

H. Con. Res. 384, Soviet interference with international mail, 22184 [15AU]

H. Res. 377, Let's Be Frank About the Frank Resolution, 2027 [6FE]

H.R. 917, procedural and appeal rights to certain employees in the excepted service, 6609 [8AP]

H.R. 3242, designate the Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building, 5051 [17MR]

H.R. 3331, Juanita J. Craft Post Office, Dallas, TX, 5053 [17MR]

H.R. 4782, designate the Gillis W. Long Post Office Building, La Place, LA, 17686 [24JY]

S. 186, international sea transportation of mail on U.S. registry vessels, 14816 [20JN]

S. 2059, Franking Cost Control Act, 1900 [6FE]

S. 2198, cost of living adjustments in Federal retirement and disability programs, 5159 [18MR]

S. 2238, cost of living adjustments for civil service retirement and disability programs exempted from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders, 6335 [26MR]

S. 2272, cost control for Members of Congress' franking privilege, 6658 [8AP]

S. 2411, Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act, 9664 [6MY]

S. 2452, designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building, Barnwell, SC, 31510 [15OC]

S. 2452, designate Solomon Blatt, Sr., Post Office Building in Barnwell, SC, 26904 [29SE]

S. 2623, Mail Management Improvement Act, 15882 [26JN]

S. 2723, rates for mailing to counties adjacent to county of publication, 29524 [8OC]

S. 2730, Child Protection Forfeiture Amendments Act, 20149 [8AU]

S. Con. Res. 139, limit amount expended on congressional mail, 10599, 10628 [14MY]

S. Con. Res. 142, technical correction in enrollment of H.R. 2672, 11310, 11334 [20MY]

S. Con. Res. 164, Soviet interference with postal communications between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., 25852 [24SE]

S. Res. 317, Senate Legal Counsel intervention in American Postal Workers Union v. U.S. and in American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S., 1244, 1299 [30JA]

S. Res. 374, restrictions on Senate mass mailings, 10597 [14MY]

S. Res. 500, Senate official mail expenditures, 27996 [2OC]