21st CENTURY POSTAL SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 1789), S326 [2FE], S2110 [27MR], S2333 [16AP], S2357, S2369, S2406, S2425, S2426, S2427, S2428, S2429, S2431, S2432, S2433, S2434, S2435 [17AP], S2504, S2507, S2508, S2509, S2510, S2511, S2512, S2513, S2514, S2515, S2516 [18AP], S2554, S2555 [19AP], S2637, S2639, S2641, S2642, S2643, S2644, S2645, S2646, S2648, S2649, S2650 [24AP], S2683, S2684, S2685, S2687, S2688, S2689, S2690, S2691, S2692, S2693 [25AP]

Articles and editorials

Failure To Deliver Solutions to Postal Service’s Problems, S2631 [24AP]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 1789), S2369 [17AP]

——— motion to proceed, S1985 [22MR], S2054 [27MR], S2349 [17AP]

Letters

Postal Service surplus contributions into the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS): David C. Williams, Postal Service, S2467 [18AP]

——— Patrick E. McFarland, OPM, S2467 [18AP]

Provisions: Senator Mikulski, S1995 [22MR]

Memorandums

Congressional Authority To Alter Postal Service Employee-Management Relations Including Collective Bargaining Agreements: Congressional Research Service, S2633 [24AP]

Motions

Enact (S. 1789), S1985 [22MR], S2369 [17AP], S2634 [24AP]

Remarks in House

Enact (S. 1789), H2457, H2459 [9MY], H5322, H5323 [26JY], H5865 [12SE], E1313 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate

CBO: scoring method on savings achieved by refund of postal surplus contributions into the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS), S2564–S2566 [23AP]

Commission on Postal Reorganization: establish, S2630–S2632, S2640, S2641 [24AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S3873 [7JN]

Egypt: prohibit direct foreign assistance until certain certifications are made relative to the treatment of nongovernmental organization workers, S2347, S2356, S2357 [17AP], S2684 [25AP]

Enact (S. 1789), S193, S194 [31JA], S1774–S1776 [19MR], S2357–S2382 [17AP], S2455, S2459, S2463–S2469, S2471–S2473, S2475, S2478–S2481, S2484, S2488 [18AP], S2520, S2521, S2526–S2530, S2535 [19AP], S2559, S2560–S2568, S2580–S2585 [23AP], S2623, S2630–S2651 [24AP], S2663, S2679, S2683–S2697 [25AP], S2805 [26AP], S3260 [17MY], S4195 [14JN], S6616 [21SE]

——— motion to proceed, S1985, S1995 [22MR], S2053–S2055 [27MR], S2202 [29MR], S2347–S2357 [17AP]

——— unanimous-consent agreement, S2342 [16AP], S2538, S2539, S2557 [19AP]

——— unanimous-consent request, S2054 [27MR], S2634 [24AP]

Federal agencies and departments: limit conference expenses, S2521 [19AP], S2640 [24AP]

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: amend, S2582–S2585 [23AP], S2647 [24AP], S2690, S2691 [25AP]

OPM: improve retirement reporting to ensure timely processing of Federal retirement benefits, S2566–S2568 [23AP], S2692, S2693 [25AP]

Postal Regulatory Commission: require evaluation of area mail processing studies if proposed closure or consolidation of postal facility is appealed, S2644 [24AP], S2694 [25AP]

Postal Service: authorize move to a 5-day mail delivery service, S2580–S2582 [23AP], S2644, S2645 [24AP]

——— consider effect of closure or consolidation of post offices on voting by mail and provide for a moratorium on closure or consolidation of post offices to protect voting by mail, S2641 [24AP]

——— consider impact of regulations when developing a profitability plan, S2687 [25AP]

——— contract with an independent organization to conduct a study on community impact of closure or consolidation of postal facilities, S2466 [18AP]

——— create a moratorium on closure or consolidation of postal facilities, S2526 [19AP], S2684, S2691 [25AP]

——— create a moratorium on the closure of rural post offices and ensure future closures meet certain conditions, S2463–S2466, S2475, S2478, S2479, S2488 [18AP], S2528–S2530 [19AP], S2643 [24AP]

——— determine impact of certain postal facility closures or consolidations on small business, S2689 [25AP]

——— develop a Medicare educational program for Postal Service employees and retirees who may be eligible to enroll in Medicare, S2691 [25AP]

——— eliminate requirement to pre-fund Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, S2471–S2473 [18AP]

——— encourage colocation of an employee at a commercial or government entity to maintain local access to postal services, S2642 [24AP]

——— end mailbox use monopoly, S2650 [24AP]

——— establish citizen’s protection advocates and require Strategic Advisory Commission on Postal Service Solvency and Innovation to develop inter-agency agreements to provide additional services, S2648, S2649 [24AP]

——— establish pilot program to test alternative methods for the delivery of postal services, S2686 [25AP]

——— limit compensation of Postal Service executives, S2687, S2688 [25AP]

——— maintain all current door delivery point services, S2692 [25AP]

——— maintain current delivery time for market-dominant products, S2688, S2689 [25AP]

——— maintain services to rural areas, S2562 [23AP]

——— modify process for closure or consolidation of post offices and postal facilities, S2638, S2639 [24AP], S2694 [25AP]

——— permit postmasters and other supervisory organizations to participate in the planning and development of changes in work schedules and benefits, S2650 [24AP]

——— prohibit closure, consolidation, or reduction in workforce of certain postal facilities that have received a positive efficiency review, S2645, S2646 [24AP]

——— prohibit closure or consolidation of a postal facility that is more than a certain distance from the nearest postal facility, S2685 [25AP]

——— prohibit closure or consolidation of processing and distribution center in Easton, MD, S2466 [18AP]

——— prohibit employees from engaging in collective bargaining, S2688 [25AP]

——— prohibit senior Postal Service executive salaries from exceeding salaries of cabinet members, S2475 [18AP], S2693 [25AP]

——— provide protections for postal employees with respect to their right not to subsidize union nonrepresentational activities, S2690 [25AP]

——— reduce number of members serving on the Board of Governors, S2475 [18AP]

——— reduce the postal workforce by creating a mandatory retirement requirement for eligible employees, S2642 [24AP]

——— renegotiation of current collective bargaining agreements, S2632–S2634 [24AP]

——— request refund of postal surplus contributions into the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS) in order to finance buyouts and retirement incentives, S2467, S2468 [18AP], S2562–S2566 [23AP]

——— require certification by State Governor that closure or consolidation of postal facilities will not harm community or disrupt commerce, S2466 [18AP]

——— require closing of post offices in the Capitol Complex, S2685 [25AP]

——— require maintenance of expected delivery time for protected mail items, S2466 [18AP]

——— require State liaisons for States without a district office be located within their respective States, S2685 [25AP]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1789), S131 [26JA]

——— Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1789) (S. Rept. 112–143), S207 [31JA]

Tables

Budgetary effects of Senate substitute amendment to S. 1789, provisions, S2565 [23AP]