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2Notice, Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Changes in Rates and 

Classification of General Applicability for 

Competitive Products (Governors’ Decision No. 22– 

1), at 1 (Governors’ Decision No. 22–1). 

3See Notice at 1; see also Governors’ Decision No. 

22–1 at 2. 

1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Minor Corrections to the Product Description of 

International Money Transfer Service—Inbound, 

May 6, 2022 (Notice). 

scheduled to take effect on July 10, 

2022. Id. at 2. 

Attached to the Notice is Governors’ 

Decision No. 22–1, which states the new 

prices are in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 

3632 and 3633 and 39 CFR 3035.102.2

The Governors’ Decision provides an 

analysis of the Competitive products’ 

price and classification changes 

intended to demonstrate that the 

changes comply with 39 U.S.C. 3633 

and 39 CFR part 3035. Governors’ 

Decision No. 22–1 at 1. The attachment 

to the Governors’ Decision sets forth the 

classification and price changes and 

includes draft Mail Classification 

Schedule language for Competitive 

products of general applicability. 

The Notice also includes an 

application for non-public treatment of 

the attributable costs, contribution, and 

cost coverage data in the unredacted 

version of the annex to the Governors’ 

Decision, as well as the supporting 

materials for the data. Notice at 2. 

Planned price and classification 

changes. The Governors’ Decision 

includes an overview of the Postal 

Service’s planned price and 

classification changes for Priority Mail, 

Parcel Select, and certain International 

Special Services, which are summarized 

as follows: 

• Eligibility requirements for Priority 

Mail Commercial Plus Cubic will be 

removed, so that all commercial 

customers can use Priority Mail cubic 

pricing. 

• Classification changes will be made 

to increase insurance to $100 for 

Priority Mail and to extend the 

inclusion of $100 in insurance to 

Priority Mail Returns. 

• Cubic pricing will be introduced for 

Parcel Select Ground. 

• Prices for Outbound International 

Insurance will be increased 55 percent 

on average, and prices for International 

Money Transfer Service (IMTS)— 

Outbound, which includes international 

Postal Money Orders and Electronic 

Money Transfer Service, will increase 

by about 305 percent.3

II. Initial Administrative Actions 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2022–62 to consider the Postal 

Service’s Notice. Interested persons may 

express views and offer comments on 

whether the planned changes are 

consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, 

and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR 

part 3040 subparts B and E. Comments 

are due no later than June 6, 2022. For 

specific details of the planned price 

changes, interested persons are 

encouraged to review the Notice, which 

is available on the Commission’s 

website at www.prc.gov. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Gregory S. 

Stanton is appointed to serve as Public 

Representative to represent the interests 

of the general public in this docket. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2022–62 to provide interested 

persons an opportunity to express views 

and offer comments on whether the 

planned changes are consistent with 39 

U.S.C. 3632, 3633, and 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3040 

subparts B and E. 

2. Comments are due no later than 

June 6, 2022. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Gregory S. 

Stanton to serve as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. MC2022–57; Order No. 6168] 

Mail Classification Schedule 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

recognizing a recent Postal Service filing 

requesting minor corrections to the 

International Money Transfer Service 

(IMTS)—Inbound product description 

in the Mail Classification Schedule. The 

changes are intended to take effect on 

two dates: When this docket is 

concluded and on October 1, 2022. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: June 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Summary of Changes 

III. Notice of Commission Action 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On May 6, 2022, the Postal Service 

filed a notice of minor corrections to the 

International Money Transfer Service 

(IMTS)—Inbound product description 

in the Mail Classification Schedule 

(MCS) pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.190(b).1

The Postal Service seeks to remove 

certain countries from the list of 

countries in MCS subsection 2625.2 

consistent with certain Postal Bulletin 

notices. Notice at 1. The changes are 

intended to take effect on two dates: 

When this docket is concluded and on 

October 1, 2022. Id. at 2. 

II. Summary of Changes 

The Postal Service proposes two 

corrections to MCS section 2625.2, 

which lists the countries where IMTS– 

Inbound is offered. First, it requests that 

the Commission remove Japan from the 

list of countries when this docket is 

concluded because the Postal Service 

terminated the exchange of international 

postal money orders with Japan Post. Id. 

Second, the Postal Service proposes to 

remove the Bahamas, Barbados, British 

Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, 

St. Kitts, and St. Vincent from the list 

of countries effective October 1, 2022, 

because it will stop cashing 

international postal money orders 

issued by the postal operators of those 

countries. Id. The Postal Service asserts 

that the Notice satisfies the 

requirements of 39 CFR 3040.190(c) 

because the proposed corrections are 

consistent with applicable authorities 

and do not constitute material changes 

to the IMTS-Inbound product 

description. Id. The Notice includes a 

copy of the affected sections of the MCS 

with the proposed changes in legislative 

format, which the Postal Service 

contends satisfies 39 CFR 

3040.190(c)(3). Id. Attachment—Mail 

Classification Schedule. 

III. Notice of Commission Action 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.191, the 

Commission has posted the Notice on 


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its website and invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s filings are 

consistent with the policies and 

applicable criteria of chapter 36 of title 

39 of the United States Code, 39 CFR 

3040.190–192, and any applicable 

Commission directives and orders. 

Comments are due no later than June 6, 

2022. The filing can be accessed via the 

Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Joseph K. 

Press to represent the interests of the 

general public (Public Representative) 

in this docket. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2022–57 to consider matters 

raised by the Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons 

are due by June 6, 2022. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Joseph 

K. Press is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

4. The Commission directs the 

Secretary of the Commission to arrange 

for prompt publication of this order in 

the Federal Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

Change in Rates and Classes of 

General Applicability for Competitive 

Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of a change in rates and 

classifications of general applicability 

for competitive products. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth changes 

in rates and classifications of general 

applicability for competitive products. 

DATES: Effective date: July 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 5, 

2022, pursuant to their authority under 

39 U.S.C. 3632, the Governors of the 

Postal Service established prices and 

classification changes for competitive 

products. The Governors’ Decision and 

the record of proceedings in connection 

with such decision are reprinted below 

in accordance with section 3632(b)(2). 

Sarah Sullivan, 

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Changes in 

Rates and Classifications of General 

Applicability for Competitive Products 

(Governors’ Decision No. 22–1) 

May 5, 2022 

Statement of Explanation and 

Justification 

Pursuant to authority under section 

3632 of title 39, as amended by the 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act of 2006 (‘‘PAEA’’), we establish 

prices and classifications of general 

applicability for certain of the Postal 

Service’s competitive products. The 

changes are described generally below, 

with a detailed description of the 

changes in the attachment. The 

attachment includes the draft Mail 

Classification Schedule sections with 

classification changes in legislative 

format, and new prices displayed in the 

price charts. 

As shown in the nonpublic annex 

being filed under seal herewith, the 

changes we establish should enable 

each competitive product to cover its 

attributable costs (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(2)) 

and should result in competitive 

products as a whole complying with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a)(3), which, as 

implemented by 39 CFR 3035.107(c), 

requires competitive products 

collectively to contribute a minimum of 

10.0 percent to the Postal Service’s 

institutional costs. Accordingly, no 

issue of subsidization of competitive 

products by market dominant products 

should arise (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1)). We 

therefore find that the new prices are in 

accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632–3633 

and 39 CFR 3035.102. 

I. Domestic Products 

A. Priority Mail 

The existing structure of the Priority 

Mail Retail, Commercial Base, and 

Commercial Plus price categories is 

maintained. No price changes are 

proposed, but classification changes are 

made to increase insurance to $100 for 

Priority Mail and to extend the 

inclusion of $100 in insurance to 

Priority Mail Returns. Eligibility 

requirements for Commercial Plus Cubic 

pricing are being removed, so that all 

commercial customers can utilize 

Priority Mail cubic pricing. 

B. Parcel Select 

Cubic pricing will be introduced for 

the Parcel Select Ground price category. 

No other price or classification changes 

are proposed for the Parcel Select 

product, and the existing structure is 

maintained. 

No other price or classification 

changes for Domestic Products are being 

made. 

I. International Products 

A. International Ancillary Services and 

Special Services 

Prices for Outbound International 

Insurance will be increased about 55 

percent on average to ensure adequate 

cost coverage, in response to recent 

directives from the Postal Regulatory 

Commission (PRC) in its FY 2021 

Annual Compliance Determination 

(ACD) to take corrective action in this 

regard in relation to Outbound 

International Insurance’s failure to cover 

its costs in FY 2021. Prices for 

International Money Transfer Service 

(IMTS)—Outbound, which includes 

international Postal Money Orders and 

Electronic Money Transfer Service, will 

increase by about 305 percent, in 

response to a PRC directive in the FY 

2021 ACD after a finding that IMTS— 

Outbound did not cover its costs. 

No other price or classification 

changes for International Products are 

being made. 

Order 

The changes in prices and classes set 

forth herein shall be effective at 12:01 

a.m. on July 10, 2022. We direct the 

Secretary to have this decision 

published in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2) 

and direct management to file with the 

Postal Regulatory Commission 

appropriate notice of these changes. 

By The Governors: 

/s/ 

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Roman Martinez IV, 

Chairman, Board of Governors. 

United States Postal Service Office of 

the Board of Governors 

Certification of Governors’ Vote on 

Governors’ Decision No. 22–1 

Consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632(a), I 

hereby certify that, on May 5, 2022, the 

Governors voted on adopting Governors’ 

Decision No. 22–1, and that a majority 

of the Governors then holding office 

voted in favor of that Decision. 

Date: May 5, 2022. 

/s/ 

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Michael J. Elston, 

Secretary of the Board of Governors. 

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