Union Calendar No. 330

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3246

[Report No. 103–594]

A BILL

To provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and

rural postmasters.porary basis, to serve as rural letter carriers orto postal retirees who are reemployed, on a tememployed annuitants shall not apply with respect84 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reJULY 12, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 330

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3246

[Report No. 103–594]

To provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with

respect to postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis,

to serve as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 7, 1993

Mr. SAWYER (for himself, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, and Mr. PETRI) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Post Office

and Civil Service

JULY 12, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. BARLOW, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BROWN of

Ohio, Mr. ENGLISH of Oklahoma, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr.

GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Ms. LONG,

Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. STUMP, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WILSON,

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. FROST, Mr. BAKER of

Louisiana, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.

WILLIAMS, Mr. ORTON, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.

HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. KASICH, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr. SENSENBRENNER,

Mr. WYNN, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HOBSON,

Mr. GORDON, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. SARPALIUS, Mr. SWIFT, Mr. ROSE, Mr.

EMERSON, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BONIOR, Mr.

BREWSTER, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DICKS, Ms.

LAMBERT, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PENNY, Mr. ROGERS, Mr.

STRICKLAND, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. KAPTUR,

Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. GRANDY, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina,

Mr. RIDGE, Mr. SABO, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. WISE, Mr. SKELTON, Mr.

MOLLOHAN, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. DARDEN, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. COMBEST, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. EWING, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. HUTTO,

Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr.
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ROWLAND, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. BAESLER, Mr.

BOEHNER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr.

LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr.

SWETT, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. KLUG, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mr. PARKER, Mr.

EVANS, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr.

SANTORUM, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BROWDER, Mr. BUYER,

Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HOAGLAND, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. LAROCCO, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. PRYCE of

Ohio, Mr. RAVENEL, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SLATTERY, Mr.

SPRATT, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CHAPMAN, Miss COLLINS

of Michigan, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. MARTINEZ, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. WATT, Mr.

HILLIARD, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. DELLUMS, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr.

CLAY, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama, and Mr. ACKERMAN

JULY 12, 1994

Reported with amendments, 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]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 7, 1993]

A BILL

To provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of

title 5, United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees

who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, to serve as

rural letter carriers or rural postmasters.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIONARY AUTHORITY.

4 Section 1005(d) of title 39, United States Code, is

5 amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)(1)’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(2) The provisions of subsections (i) and (l)(2) of sec3 tion 8344, and of subsections (f) and (i)(2) of section 8468,

4 of title 5 shall apply with respect to the Postal Service. For

5 purposes of so applying such provisions—

6 ‘‘(A) any reference in such provisions to the head

7 of an Executive agency shall be considered a reference

8 to the Postmaster General; and

9 ‘‘(B) any reference in such provisions to an em10 ployee shall be considered a reference to an officer or

11 employee of the Postal Service.’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title

39, United States Code, to make applicable with respect

to the United States Postal Service certain exclusionary

authority relating to the treatment of reemployed annuitants under the civil service retirement laws.’’.