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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 22 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 118
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 22

                          [Report No. 111-216]

To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United 
States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' 
health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

   Mr. McHugh (for himself and Mr. Davis of Illinois) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

                             July 21, 2009

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Terry, Mr. Ellison, 
 Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Walz, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. Pastor of 
Arizona, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Sestak, Mr. 
Latham, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Boren, Mr. Massa, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
Bartlett, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Rehberg, Ms. Zoe Lofgren 
  of California, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Space, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
 Platts, Mr. Baca, Mr. Carney, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lincoln 
 Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Hare, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Burton 
of Indiana, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Michaud, 
   Mr. Moore of Kansas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
 Oberstar, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Filner, 
Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Upton, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Murphy of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Berry, Mr. Courtney, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Davis of 
   California, Mr. Honda, Mr. Foster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
   Cleaver, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Ms. 
    Herseth Sandlin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Graves, Mr. McNerney, Mr. 
Grijalva, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
   Israel, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
  Altmire, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Rothman of New 
   Jersey, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. 
Maloney, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Coffman 
  of Colorado, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
Payne, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Himes, Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. 
  Gonzalez, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
  Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Tierney, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schauer, Mr. 
   King of New York, Mr. Farr, Mr. Shimkus, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Frank of 
   Massachusetts, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Rush, Mr. Paul, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. 
Speier, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Dahlkemper, 
Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
Ross, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
Boustany, Mr. Dent, Ms. Titus, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Harman, 
  Mr. Lance, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
California, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Hall 
  of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
  Matheson, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Souder, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Richardson, Mr. 
   Snyder, Mr. Burgess, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. 
 Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Napolitano, 
 Mr. Fleming, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Mario Diaz-
   Balart of Florida, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Berman, Ms. Lee of 
California, Mr. Turner, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. Capps, 
  Mr. Hodes, Mr. Cao, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Brady of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Issa, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
   Markey of Colorado, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
  Carson of Indiana, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Clay, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
  Florida, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Gerlach, Mrs. Lummis, Ms. 
 Kosmas, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Brown of South 
 Carolina, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. 
    Childers, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. Melancon, Mr. 
Cummings, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Dicks, Mr. 
  Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Walden, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mrs. Bono 
 Mack, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
   Hoekstra, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Boccieri, Mr. Engel, Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
Jones, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Polis 
of Colorado, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
Calvert, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Scott 
 of Georgia, Mr. Wu, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
   Mr. Driehaus, Ms. Foxx, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Peterson, Mr. 
 Rooney, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
  Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Olver, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
 Gallegly, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Hall of 
  New York, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Mr. Teague, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
 Schrader, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
Mr. Inslee, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Weiner, 
Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
 Mr. Posey, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Miller of North 
Carolina, Mr. Mica, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Heinrich, 
    Ms. Watson, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
  Cassidy, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Tsongas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
   Nye, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. 
      Capuano, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Waters, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Neal of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Coble, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Tanner, 
 Mr. Petri, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Carter, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Latta, Mr. Jackson 
 of Illinois, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
Mr. Austria, Ms. Bean, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. 
    Camp, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. McMorris 
Rodgers, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
 Van Hollen, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. King 
                 of Iowa, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Sessions

                             July 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United 
States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' 
health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

 

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POSTAL ANNUITANTS' 
              HEALTH BENEFITS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 8906(g)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``shall through September 30, 2016, 
be paid by the United States Postal Service, and 
thereafter''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall be effective as of October 1, 2008.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Postal Service 
Financial Relief Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POSTAL ANNUITANTS' HEALTH 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2)(A) of section 8906(g) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A)(i) The Government contributions authorized by this section 
for health benefits for an individual who first becomes an annuitant by 
reason of retirement from
employment with the United States Postal Service on or after July 1, 
1971, or for a survivor of such an individual or of an individual who 
died on or after July 1, 1971, while employed by the Postal Service, 
shall--
            ``(I) except as provided in clause (ii), be paid by the 
        Postal Service through September 30, 2016; and
            ``(II) after September 30, 2016, be paid first from the 
        Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund up to the amount 
        contained in the Fund, with any remaining amount paid by the 
        Postal Service.
    ``(ii) The Government contributions payable under this paragraph 
for a fiscal year which is within the period
beginning with fiscal year 2009 and ending with fiscal year 2011 shall 
be paid in the manner set forth in clause (i)(II) (rather than clause 
(i)(I)).''.
    (b) Effective Date; Recovery of Prior
Payments; Definitions.--
            (1) Effective date.--This section and the amendment made by 
        this section shall be effective as of October 1, 2008, and 
        shall apply with respect to Government contributions payable 
        for pay periods 
        beginning on or after that date.
            (2) Recovery of prior payments.--In the case of any direct 
        contributions made for any pay period beginning on or after the 
        effective date of this section and ending before the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service may 
        recover the amount of those direct contributions so made 
        through offsets against any amounts which (but for this 
        paragraph) would otherwise be payable, on or after such date of 
        enactment, under section 8909a of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection the term 
        ``direct contributions'' refers to contributions payable in the 
        manner described in subclause (I) of section 8906(g)(2)(A)(i) 
        of title 5, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)).

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    The heading for section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``benefit'' and inserting ``benefits''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 118

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                H. R. 22

                          [Report No. 111-216]

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                                 A BILL

To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United 
States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' 
health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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