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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 961 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the computation of 

normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct 

class, and to provide for the disposition of certain excess retirement 

contributions made by the United States Postal Service. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2013 

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 

computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class, and to provide 

for the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions made by the United States Postal Service. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Postal 

5 Service Stabilization Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SEPARATE NORMAL-COST PERCENTAGE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8423(a)(1) of title 5, 

3 United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B))’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) or (C))’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

9 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) the product of— 

12 ‘‘(i) the normal-cost percentage, as deter13 mined for employees of the United States Post14 al Service (and the Postal Regulatory Commis15 sion), multiplied by 

16 ‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of basic pay 

17 payable by the United States Postal Service 

18 (and the Postal Regulatory Commission), for 

19 the period involved, to its employees.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 subsection (a) shall be carried out as soon as practicable, 

22 except that contributions shall be set in accordance with 

23 such amendments not later than the first applicable pay 

24 period beginning in the first fiscal year beginning at least 

25 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN EXCESS CONTRIBU2 TIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8423(b) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(6)(A) If, for any fiscal year to which this paragraph 

7 applies, the amount determined under paragraph (1)(B) 

8 is less than zero (hereinafter in this paragraph referred 

9 to as ‘excess postal contributions to FERS’), such amount 

10 shall be treated in accordance with the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) In the case of the first fiscal year to which 

12 this paragraph applies and for which excess postal 

13 contributions to FERS are determined, the amount 

14 of such excess contributions shall be transferred by 

15 the Secretary of the Treasury to such account as the 

16 Secretary considers appropriate so that such amount 

17 may be used for the payment of obligations issued 

18 by the United States Postal Service under section 

19 2005 of title 39. 

20 ‘‘(ii) In the case of any subsequent fiscal year 

21 to which this paragraph applies and for which excess 

22 postal contributions to FERS are determined, the 

23 amount of such excess contributions shall be trans24 ferred by the Secretary of the Treasury to the ac25 count to which are credited any Government con26 tributions which are made by the United States 


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1 Postal Service under section 8334(a)(1)(B) (or 

2 which would be made, but for clause (ii) thereof). 

3 ‘‘(B) This paragraph applies to the fiscal year last 

4 ending before the date of the enactment of this paragraph 

5 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

6 ‘‘(C) In the case of any transfer under subparagraph 

7 (A)(ii) for a fiscal year corresponding to a fiscal year for 

8 which a determination of Postal surplus or supplemental 

9 liability is scheduled to be made under section 8348(h), 

10 the transfer under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be made be11 fore such determination under section 8348(h) is made.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

13 8348(h)(1)(B)(iii) of title 5, United States Code, is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘principles.’’ and inserting ‘‘prin15 ciples, including any amounts described in section 

16 8423(b)(6)(A)(ii).’’. 

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