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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3076 

AN ACT 

To provide stability to and enhance the services of the United 

States Postal Service, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Postal Service Reform Act of 2022’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—POSTAL SERVICE FINANCIAL REFORMS 

Sec. 101. Postal Service Health Benefits Program. 

Sec. 102. USPS Fairness Act. 

Sec. 103. Nonpostal services. 

TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE OPERATIONAL REFORMS 

Sec. 201. Performance targets and transparency. 

Sec. 202. Integrated delivery network. 

Sec. 203. Review of Postal Service cost attribution guidelines. 

Sec. 204. Rural newspaper sustainability. 

Sec. 205. Funding of Postal Regulatory Commission. 

Sec. 206. Flats operations study and reform. 

Sec. 207. Reporting requirements. 

Sec. 208. Postal Service transportation selection policy revisions. 

Sec. 209. USPS Inspector General oversight of Postal Regulatory Commission. 

TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

Sec. 301. Severability. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 (a) COMMISSION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Commis8 sion’’ means the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

9 (b) TERMS DEFINED IN TITLE 39, UNITED STATES

10 CODE.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘competitive product’’, 

11 ‘‘market-dominant product’’, and ‘‘Postal Service’’ have 

12 the meanings given those terms in section 102 of title 39, 

13 United States Code. 
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1 TITLE I—POSTAL SERVICE 

2 FINANCIAL REFORMS 

3 SEC. 101. POSTAL SERVICE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 89 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

7 8903b the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

10 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered Medicare individual’ 

11 means an individual who is entitled to benefits under 

12 Medicare part A, but excluding an individual who is 

13 eligible to enroll under such part under section 1818 

14 or 1818A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 1395i–2, 1395i–2a); 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘initial contract year’ means the 

17 contract year beginning in January of 2025; 

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘initial participating carrier’ 

19 means a carrier that enters into a contract with the 

20 Office to participate in the Program during the ini21 tial contract year; 

22 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Medicare part A’ means part A 

23 of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 1395c et seq.); 
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1 ‘‘(5) the term ‘Medicare part B’ means part B 

2 of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 1395j et seq.); 

4 ‘‘(6) the term ‘Office’ means the Office of Per5 sonnel Management; 

6 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Postal Service’ means the United 

7 States Postal Service; 

8 ‘‘(8) the term ‘Postal Service annuitant’ means 

9 an annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under 

10 this chapter whose Government contribution is re11 quired to be paid under section 8906(g)(2); 

12 ‘‘(9) the term ‘Postal Service employee’ means 

13 an employee of the Postal Service enrolled in a 

14 health benefits plan under this chapter whose Gov15 ernment contribution is paid by the Postal Service; 

16 ‘‘(10) the term ‘Postal Service Medicare covered 

17 annuitant’ means an individual who— 

18 ‘‘(A) is a Postal Service annuitant; and 

19 ‘‘(B) is a covered Medicare individual; 

20 ‘‘(11) the term ‘Program’ means the Postal 

21 Service Health Benefits Program established under 

22 subsection (c) within the Federal Employees Health 

23 Benefits Program; 

24 ‘‘(12) the term ‘Program plan’ means a health 

25 benefits plan offered under the Program; and 
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1 ‘‘(13) the definitions set forth in section 8901 

2 shall apply, and for the purposes of applying such 

3 definitions in carrying out this section, a Postal 

4 Service employee and Postal Service annuitant shall 

5 be treated in the same manner as an employee and 

6 an annuitant (as those terms are defined in para7 graphs (1) and (3), respectively, of section 8901), 

8 consistent with the requirements of this section. 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The requirements under this 

10 section shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) apply to the initial contract year and each 

12 contract year thereafter; and 

13 ‘‘(2) supersede any other provision of this chap14 ter inconsistent with such requirements, as deter15 mined by the Office. 

16 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POSTAL SERVICE

17 HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

19 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office shall 

20 establish the Postal Service Health Benefits 

21 Program within the Federal Employees Health 

22 Benefits Program under this chapter, under 

23 which the Office may contract with carriers to 

24 offer health benefits plans as described under 

25 this section. 
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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER RE2 QUIREMENTS TO CONTRACTS.—Except as other3 wise provided in this section, any contract de4 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be consistent 

5 with the requirements of this chapter for con6 tracts under section 8902 with carriers to offer 

7 health benefits plans other than under this sec8 tion. 

9 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM PLANS AND PARTICIPA10 TION.—The Program shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) to the greatest extent prac12 ticable— 

13 ‘‘(I) with respect to each plan 

14 provided by a carrier under this sub15 chapter in which the total enrollment 

16 includes, in the contract year begin17 ning in January 2023, 1,500 or more 

18 enrollees who are Postal Service em19 ployees or Postal Service annuitants, 

20 include a plan offered by that carrier 

21 with equivalent benefits and cost-shar22 ing requirements as provided under 

23 paragraph (2), except that the Direc24 tor of the Office may exempt any 
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1 comprehensive medical plan from this 

2 requirement; and 

3 ‘‘(II) include plans offered by any 

4 other carrier determined appropriate 

5 by the Office; 

6 ‘‘(ii) provide for enrollment in Pro7 gram plans of Postal Service employees 

8 and Postal Service annuitants, in accord9 ance with subsection (d); 

10 ‘‘(iii) provide for enrollment in a Pro11 gram plan as an individual, for self plus 

12 one, or for self and family; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) not provide for enrollment in a 

14 Program plan of an individual who is not 

15 a Postal Service employee or Postal Service 

16 annuitant (except as a member of family of 

17 such an employee or annuitant or as pro18 vided under paragraph (4)). 

19 ‘‘(2) COVERAGE WITH EQUIVALENT BENEFITS

20 AND COST-SHARING.—In the initial contract year, 

21 the Office shall ensure that each carrier partici22 pating in the Program provides under the Program 

23 plans offered by the carrier benefits and cost-sharing 

24 requirements that are equivalent to the benefits and 

25 cost-sharing requirements under the health benefits 
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1 plans offered by the carrier under this chapter that 

2 are not Program plans, except that prescription drug 

3 benefits and cost-sharing requirements may differ 

4 between the Program plans and other health benefits 

5 plans offered by the carrier under this chapter to the 

6 extent needed to integrate the Medicare part D pre7 scription drug benefits coverage required under sub8 section (h)(2). 

9 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

10 HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Ex11 cept as otherwise set forth in this section, the provi12 sions of this chapter applicable to health benefits 

13 plans offered by carriers under section 8903 or 

14 8903a shall apply to plans offered under the Pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF CONTINUATION COV17 ERAGE.—In accordance with rules established by the 

18 Office, section 8905a shall apply to health benefits 

19 plans offered under this section in the same manner 

20 as such section applies to other health benefits plans 

21 offered under this chapter. 

22 ‘‘(d) ELECTION OF COVERAGE.—Each Postal Service 

23 employee and Postal Service annuitant who elects to re24 ceive health benefits coverage under this chapter— 
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1 ‘‘(1) shall be subject to the requirements of this 

2 section; and 

3 ‘‘(2) may not enroll in any other health benefits 

4 plan offered under any other section of this chapter. 

5 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT OF MEDICARE ENROLLMENT

6 FOR CERTAIN ANNUITANTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEM7 BERS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) MEDICARE COVERED ANNUITANTS.—Ex9 cept as provided under paragraph (3), a Postal Serv10 ice Medicare covered annuitant may not enroll in a 

11 Program plan unless the annuitant is entitled to 

12 benefits under Medicare part A and enrolled in 

13 Medicare part B. 

14 ‘‘(2) MEDICARE COVERED FAMILY MEMBERS.— 

15 Except as provided under paragraph (3), in the case 

16 of a Postal Service annuitant who is entitled to ben17 efits under Medicare part A and required under this 

18 subsection to enroll in Medicare part B to enroll 

19 under the Program, if a member of family of such 

20 Postal Service annuitant is a covered Medicare indi21 vidual, that member of family may not enroll under 

22 the Program as a member of family of the Postal 

23 Service annuitant unless that member of family is 

24 entitled to benefits under Medicare part A and en25 rolled in Medicare part B. 
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1 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirements 

3 under paragraphs (1) and (2), as applicable, 

4 shall not apply with respect to an individual in 

5 the following cases: 

6 ‘‘(i) CURRENT POSTAL SERVICE AN7 NUITANTS.—The individual, as of January 

8 1, 2025, is a Postal Service annuitant who 

9 is not both entitled to benefits under Medi10 care part A and enrolled in Medicare part 

11 B. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CURRENT EMPLOYEES AGED 64

13 AND OVER.—The individual, as of January 

14 1, 2025, is a Postal Service employee and 

15 is at least 64 years of age. 

16 ‘‘(iii) POSTAL SERVICE MEDICARE

17 COVERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEM18 BERS RESIDING ABROAD.—For any con19 tract year with respect to which the indi20 vidual is a Postal Service Medicare covered 

21 annuitant or a member of family of a Post22 al Service Medicare covered annuitant and 

23 resides outside the United States (which 

24 includes the States, the District of Colum25 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
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1 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

2 and the Northern Mariana Islands), pro3 vided that the individual demonstrates 

4 such residency to the Postal Service in ac5 cordance with regulations issued by the 

6 Postal Service. 

7 ‘‘(iv) POSTAL SERVICE MEDICARE

8 COVERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEM9 BERS ENROLLED UNDER VA COVERAGE.— 

10 The individual— 

11 ‘‘(I) is a Postal Service Medicare 

12 covered annuitant or a member of 

13 family of a Postal Service Medicare 

14 covered annuitant; and 

15 ‘‘(II) is enrolled in health care 

16 benefits provided by the Department 

17 of Veterans Affairs under subchapter 

18 II of chapter 17 of title 38, United 

19 States Code. 

20 ‘‘(v) POSTAL SERVICE MEDICARE COV21 ERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

22 ELIGIBLE FOR IHS HEALTH SERVICES.— 

23 The individual— 

24 ‘‘(I) is a Postal Service Medicare 

25 covered annuitant or a member of 
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1 family of a Postal Service Medicare 

2 covered annuitant; and 

3 ‘‘(II) is eligible for health services 

4 from the Indian Health Service. 

5 ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS FOR VA AND IHS EX6 CEPTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this section, the Office 

8 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Vet9 erans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and 

10 Human Services, and the Postmaster General, 

11 promulgate any regulations necessary to imple12 ment clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(C) LIST OF INDIVIDUALS RESIDING

14 ABROAD.—The Postal Service shall provide a 

15 list of individuals who satisfy the exception 

16 under subparagraph (A)(iii) to the Office. 

17 ‘‘(4) PROCESS FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION

18 AND DISSEMINATION.—The Postal Service and the 

19 Office, in consultation with the Social Security Ad20 ministration and the Centers for Medicare & Med21 icaid Services, shall establish a process that will en22 able the Postal Service to timely inform Postal Serv23 ice employees, Postal Service annuitants, and mem24 bers of family of such employees and annuitants of 

25 the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and 
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1 (2) in order to be eligible to enroll in Program plans 

2 under this section. 

3 ‘‘(f) TRANSITIONAL OPEN SEASON.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

5 ‘‘(A) the term ‘current option’, with re6 spect to an individual, means the option under 

7 a plan under this chapter in which the indi8 vidual is enrolled during the contract year pre9 ceding the initial contract year; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the term ‘current plan’, with respect 

11 to an individual, means the plan under this 

12 chapter in which the individual is enrolled dur13 ing the contract year preceding the initial con14 tract year. 

15 ‘‘(2) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara17 graphs (B) and (C), in the case of an individual 

18 who is a Postal Service employee or Postal 

19 Service annuitant eligible to enroll in a Pro20 gram plan under subsection (d), who is enrolled 

21 in a current plan, and who does not enroll in 

22 a Program plan during the open season that 

23 immediately precedes the initial contract year, 

24 the Office shall automatically enroll the indi25 vidual, as of the start of the initial contract 
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1 year, in a Program plan offered by the carrier 

2 of the individual’s current plan. 

3 ‘‘(B) CARRIERS OFFERING MULTIPLE PRO4 GRAM PLANS OR OPTIONS.—If the carrier of the 

5 current plan of an individual described in sub6 paragraph (A) offers more than 1 Program 

7 plan or option, the Office, in carrying out sub8 paragraph (A), shall automatically enroll the in9 dividual in the plan and option that provide 

10 coverage with equivalent benefits and cost shar11 ing, as described in subsection (c)(2), to the in12 dividual’s current plan and current option. 

13 ‘‘(C) CARRIERS NOT OFFERING PROGRAM

14 PLANS.—If the carrier of the current plan of an 

15 individual described in subparagraph (A) does 

16 not offer a Program plan, the Office, in car17 rying out subparagraph (A), shall automatically 

18 enroll the individual in the lowest-cost nation19 wide plan option within the Program that is not 

20 a high deductible health plan and does not 

21 charge an association or membership fee. 

22 ‘‘(g) OPM REGULATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

24 the date of enactment of this section, the Director 
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1 of the Office shall issue regulations to carry out this 

2 section. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In issuing regulations 

4 under paragraph (1), the Director of the Office shall 

5 consult, as necessary, with the Secretary of Health 

6 and Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Af7 fairs, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the 

8 Postmaster General. 

9 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued under 

10 paragraph (1) shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) any provisions necessary to imple12 ment this section; 

13 ‘‘(B) a process under which Postal Service 

14 annuitants and affected family members are 

15 timely informed of the enrollment requirements 

16 and may request, in writing, any additional en17 rollment information; 

18 ‘‘(C) provisions under which a Postal Serv19 ice employee or Postal Service annuitant en20 rolled under the Program may request a belated 

21 change of plan and may be prospectively en22 rolled in the plan of the employee’s or annu23 itant’s choice; and 

24 ‘‘(D) provisions for individuals to cancel 

25 coverage under the Program in writing to the 
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1 Postal Service because the individuals choose 

2 not to enroll in, or to disenroll from, Medicare 

3 part B. 

4 ‘‘(h) MEDICARE COORDINATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall require 

6 each Program plan to provide benefits for covered 

7 Medicare individuals pursuant to a coordination of 

8 benefits method approved by the Office. 

9 ‘‘(2) MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG

10 BENEFITS.—The Office shall require each Program 

11 plan to provide prescription drug benefits to any 

12 Postal Service annuitant and member of family of 

13 such annuitant who is a part D eligible individual 

14 (as defined in section 1860D–1(a)(3)(A) of the So15 cial Security Act) through employment-based retiree 

16 health coverage (as defined in section 1860D– 

17 22(c)(1) of such Act) through— 

18 ‘‘(A) a prescription drug plan (as defined 

19 in section 1860D–41(a)(14) of such Act); or 

20 ‘‘(B) contracts between such a Program 

21 plan and PDP sponsor, as defined in section 

22 1860D–41(a)(13) of such Act, of such a pre23 scription drug plan. 

24 ‘‘(i) POSTAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (k), 

2 for purposes of applying section 8906(b) to the 

3 Postal Service, the weighted average shall be cal4 culated in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 

5 ‘‘(2) WEIGHTED AVERAGE CALCULATION.—Not 

6 later than October 1 of each year (beginning with 

7 2024), the Office shall determine the weighted aver8 age of the rates established pursuant to subsection 

9 (c)(2) for Program plans that will be in effect dur10 ing the following contract year with respect to— 

11 ‘‘(A) enrollments for self only; 

12 ‘‘(B) enrollments for self plus one; and 

13 ‘‘(C) enrollments for self and family. 

14 ‘‘(3) WEIGHTING IN COMPUTING RATES FOR

15 INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR.—In determining such 

16 weighted average of the rates for the initial contract 

17 year, the Office shall take into account (for purposes 

18 of section 8906(a)(2)) the enrollment of Postal Serv19 ice employees and annuitants in the health benefits 

20 plans offered by the initial participating carriers as 

21 of March 31, 2023. 

22 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT OF LATE ENROLLMENT PEN23 ALTIES.—The Postal Service may direct the Office 

24 to pay the amounts required by an agreement be25 tween the United States Postal Service and the Sec-
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1 retary of the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services under section 1839(e)(1) of the Social Se3 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)(1)) from the Postal 

4 Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established 

5 under section 8909a until depleted and thereafter 

6 shall pay such amounts from the Postal Service 

7 Fund established under section 2003 of title 39. 

8 ‘‘(j) RESERVES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) SEPARATE RESERVES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall en11 sure that each Program plan maintains sepa12 rate reserves (including a separate contingency 

13 reserve) with respect to the enrollees in the 

14 Program plan in accordance with section 8909. 

15 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 8909 TO

16 CONTINGENCY RESERVES.—All provisions of 

17 section 8909 relating to contingency reserves 

18 shall apply to contingency reserves of Program 

19 plans in the same manner as to the contingency 

20 reserves of other plans under this chapter, ex21 cept to the extent that such provisions are in22 consistent with the requirements of this sub23 section. 

24 ‘‘(C) REFERENCES.—For purposes of the 

25 Program, each reference to ‘the Government’ in 
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1 section 8909 shall be deemed to be a reference 

2 to the Postal Service. 

3 ‘‘(D) AMOUNTS TO BE CREDITED.—The 

4 reserves (including the separate contingency re5 serve) maintained for each Program plan shall 

6 be credited with a proportionate amount of the 

7 funds in the reserves for health benefits plans 

8 offered by the carrier. 

9 ‘‘(2) DISCONTINUATION OF PROGRAM PLAN.— 

10 In applying section 8909(e) relating to a Program 

11 plan that is discontinued, the Office shall credit the 

12 separate Postal Service contingency reserve main13 tained under paragraph (1) for that plan only to the 

14 separate Postal Service contingency reserves of the 

15 Program plans continuing under this chapter. 

16 ‘‘(k) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW.—Nothing in 

17 this section shall be construed as affecting section 1005(f) 

18 of title 39 regarding variations, additions, or substitutions 

19 to the provisions of this chapter. 

20 ‘‘(l) HEALTH BENEFITS EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘navigator’ means an employee of the Postal Service 

23 or of a contractor of the Postal Service who is des24 ignated by the Postal Service or contractor to carry 

25 out activities under paragraph (5). 
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1 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 

2 months after the date of enactment of this section, 

3 the Postal Service shall establish a Health Benefits 

4 Education Program. 

5 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 

6 Health Benefits Education Program established 

7 under paragraph (2), the Postal Service shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) notify Postal Service annuitants and 

9 Postal Service employees about the Postal Serv10 ice Health Benefits Program established under 

11 subsection (c)(1); 

12 ‘‘(B) provide information regarding the 

13 Postal Service Health Benefits Program and 

14 the requirements of this section to Postal Serv15 ice annuitants and Postal Service employees, in16 cluding— 

17 ‘‘(i) a description of the health care 

18 options available under such Program; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the enrollment provisions of sub20 section (d); and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the requirement that Postal 

22 Service annuitants and their family mem23 bers be enrolled in Medicare under sub24 section (e); 
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1 ‘‘(C) respond and provide answers to any 

2 inquiry from such employees and annuitants 

3 about the Postal Service Health Benefits Pro4 gram, in consultation with the Office as nec5 essary; 

6 ‘‘(D) in consultation with the Centers for 

7 Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social 

8 Security Administration, provide information to 

9 individuals about enrollment under the Medi10 care program under title XVIII of the Social 

11 Security Act, and refer individuals to the Cen12 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the 

13 Social Security Administration as necessary for 

14 additional enrollment information; and 

15 ‘‘(E) carry out, or provide for through con16 tract or other arrangement, the activities de17 scribed in paragraph (5). 

18 ‘‘(4) INFORMATION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) INFORMATION FROM OPM.—The Of20 fice shall timely provide the Postal Service with 

21 such information as necessary to conduct the 

22 Health Benefits Education Program. 

23 ‘‘(B) COORDINATION WITH OPM.—The 

24 Postal Service shall coordinate with the Office, 

25 in consultation with the Centers for Medicare & 
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1 Medicaid Services and the Social Security Ad2 ministration, to obtain and confirm the accu3 racy of information as the Postal Service deter4 mines to be necessary to conduct the Health 

5 Benefits Education Program. 

6 ‘‘(5) NAVIGATOR ACTIVITIES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described 

8 in this paragraph, with respect to Program 

9 plans and the health care options available 

10 under the Program, are the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) Educational activities for annu12 itants and employees of the Postal Service 

13 to raise awareness of the availability of 

14 Program plans and requirements for en15 rolling in such plans, including require16 ments to be entitled to Medicare part A 

17 and enroll in Medicare part B. 

18 ‘‘(ii) Distribution of fair and impartial 

19 information concerning enrollment in such 

20 plans. 

21 ‘‘(iii) Facilitation of enrollment in 

22 such plans. 

23 ‘‘(iv) Provision of information in a 

24 manner that is culturally and linguistically 
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1 appropriate to the needs of the population 

2 being served by the Program plans. 

3 ‘‘(B) STANDARDS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Serv5 ice shall establish standards for navigators 

6 carrying out the activities under this para7 graph to— 

8 ‘‘(I) engage in the navigator ac9 tivities described in subparagraph (A); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(II) avoid conflicts of interest. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The standards es13 tablished under clause (i) shall provide 

14 that a navigator may not— 

15 ‘‘(I) be a health insurance car16 rier; or 

17 ‘‘(II) receive any consideration 

18 directly or indirectly from any health 

19 insurance carrier in connection with 

20 the enrollment of any individual in a 

21 Program plan. 

22 ‘‘(C) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION

23 AND SERVICES.—The Postal Service, in con24 sultation as necessary with the Office and the 

25 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall 
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1 develop standards to ensure that information 

2 made available by navigators under this para3 graph is fair, accurate, and impartial. 

4 ‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

6 months after the date of enactment of this sec7 tion, the Postmaster General shall issue regula8 tions to establish the Health Benefits Edu9 cation Program required under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued 

11 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

12 ‘‘(i) provisions for the notification of 

13 Postal Service annuitants and Postal Serv14 ice employees about the Program, includ15 ing a description of the available health 

16 benefits options, including a process for 

17 notifying Postal Service employees who be18 come eligible for Medicare part B and 

19 Postal Service Medicare covered annuitants 

20 about their choices; 

21 ‘‘(ii) provisions for notifying Postal 

22 Service annuitants, Postal Service employ23 ees, and their family members of the re24 quirements under subsection (e) to enroll 
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1 in Medicare as a condition of eligibility to 

2 enroll in the Program; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) a process, developed in consulta4 tion with the Social Security Administra5 tion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

6 Services, and the Office, for addressing 

7 any inquiry from Postal Service annuitants 

8 and Postal Service employees about the 

9 Program or Medicare enrollment.’’. 

10 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND11 MENTS.— 

12 (A) SERVICE BENEFIT PLANS.—Section 

13 8903(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘two levels of benefits’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘at least 2 levels of benefits for 

16 enrollees under this chapter generally and at 

17 least 2 levels of benefits for enrollees under the 

18 Postal Service Health Benefits Program estab19 lished under section 8903c’’. 

20 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

21 sections for chapter 89 of title 5, United States 

22 Code, is amended by inserting after the item re23 lating to section 8903b the following: 

‘‘8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program.’’. 

24 (C) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN POSTAL

25 SERVICE ANNUITANTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
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1 Section 1862(b)(1)(E) of the Social Security 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(E)) is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(iv) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN POST5 AL SERVICE ANNUITANTS OR FAMILY MEM6 BERS.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 

7 prohibit a group health plan from deter8 mining an individual’s eligibility to enroll 

9 in a health benefits plan offered under the 

10 Postal Service Health Benefits Program 

11 under section 8903c of title 5, United 

12 States Code, in accordance with subsection 

13 (e) of such section.’’. 

14 (b) COORDINATION WITH MEDICARE.— 

15 (1) PART B SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.— 

16 Section 1837 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 1395p) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(o)(1) In the case of an individual who— 

20 ‘‘(A) as of January 1, 2024, is— 

21 ‘‘(i) a Postal Service annuitant who is enti22 tled to benefits under part A of title XVIII of 

23 the Social Security Act, but excluding an indi24 vidual who is eligible to enroll under such part 
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1 under section 1818 of such Act or 1818A of 

2 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–2, 1395i–2a); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) a member of family (as defined in sec4 tion 8901(5) of title 5, United States Code) of 

5 a Postal Service annuitant and is entitled to 

6 benefits under part A of title XVIII of the So7 cial Security Act, but excluding an individual 

8 who is eligible to enroll under such part under 

9 section 1818 of such Act or 1818A of such Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1395i–2, 1395i–2a); and 

11 ‘‘(B) is not enrolled under this part, the indi12 vidual may elect to be enrolled under this part dur13 ing a special enrollment period during the 6–month 

14 period beginning on April 1, 2024. 

15 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘Postal Service an16 nuitant’ means an annuitant enrolled in a health benefits 

17 plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 

18 whose Government contribution is required to be paid 

19 under section 8906(g)(2) of such title.’’. 

20 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND21 MENTS.— 

22 (A) PART A ENROLLMENT.—Section 

23 1818(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 1395i–2(c)) is amended, in the matter pre25 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(except sub-
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1 section (f) thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘(except sub2 sections (f) and (o) thereof)’’. 

3 (B) COVERAGE PERIOD UNDER PART B.— 

4 Section 1838 of the Social Security Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 1395q) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of 

8 an individual who enrolls during the special enrollment pe9 riod pursuant to section 1837(o), the coverage period shall 

10 begin on January 1, 2025.’’. 

11 (3) TREATMENT OF PART B LATE ENROLLMENT

12 PENALTY FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLING DURING

13 SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.—Section 1839(e) of 

14 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(as de17 fined in paragraph (3)(A))’’ and by inserting 

18 ‘‘(as defined in paragraph (3)(A)(i)). The Sec19 retary shall enter into an agreement with the 

20 United States Postal Service under which the 

21 United States Postal Service agrees to pay on 

22 a quarterly or other periodic basis to the Sec23 retary (to be deposited in the Treasury to the 

24 credit of the Federal Supplementary Medical 

25 Insurance Trust Fund) an amount equal to the 
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1 amount of the part B late enrollment premium 

2 increases with respect to the premiums for eligi3 ble individuals (as defined in paragraph 

4 (3)(A)(ii)).’’; and 

5 (B) by amending paragraph (3)(A) to read 

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘(A) The term ‘eligible individual’ means 

8 an individual who is enrolled under this part B 

9 and who— 

10 ‘‘(i) in the case of an agreement en11 tered into under the first sentence of para12 graph (1), is within a class of individuals 

13 specified in such agreement; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an agreement en15 tered into under the second sentence of 

16 paragraph (1), is so enrolled under this 

17 part pursuant to the special enrollment pe18 riod under section 1837(o)’’. 

19 (4) PART D EGWP CONTRACTING CONFORMING

20 AMENDMENT.—Section 1860D–22(b) of the Social 

21 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–132(b)) is amended 

22 by inserting before the period at the end the fol23 lowing: ‘‘, and shall be applied in a manner to facili24 tate the offering of prescription drug benefits under 

25 a Program plan under section 8903c of title 5, 
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1 United States Code, as required under subsection 

2 (h)(2) of such section, through employment-based 

3 retiree health coverage through— 

4 ‘‘(1) a prescription drug plan; or 

5 ‘‘(2) contracts between such a Program plan 

6 and the PDP sponsor of such a prescription drug 

7 plan.’’. 

8 (c) INFORMATION SHARING AND DISSEMINATION RE9 QUIRED FOR SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND EN10 FORCEMENT OF PART B ENROLLMENT REQUIRE11 MENTS.— 

12 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

13 terms ‘‘Medicare part A’’, ‘‘Medicare part B’’, ‘‘Of14 fice’’, ‘‘Postal Service’’, and ‘‘Postal Service annu15 itant’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec16 tion 8903c of title 5, United States Code, as added 

17 by subsection (a). 

18 (2) INFORMATION SHARING BY OPM.—The Of19 fice shall, by regulation, establish a process for pro20 viding such information as is necessary to the Social 

21 Security Administration regarding Postal Service an22 nuitants (and the family members of such annu23 itants) who may be eligible to enroll under Medicare 

24 part B during the special enrollment period de25 scribed in subsection (o) of section 1837 of the So-
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1 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p), as added by 

2 subsection (b), or who may be subject to the enroll3 ment requirements described in paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United States 

5 Code, as added by subsection (a). 

6 (3) INFORMATION SHARING BY SSA.—The So7 cial Security Administration shall provide to the Of8 fice and the Postal Service information regarding 

9 whether a Postal Service annuitant, or a family 

10 member of such an annuitant, is entitled to benefits 

11 under Medicare part A and enrolled under Medicare 

12 part B, to assist the Office and the Postal Service 

13 in determining— 

14 (A) which Postal Service annuitants, and 

15 family members of such annuitants, may be eli16 gible to enroll under Medicare part B during 

17 the special enrollment period described in para18 graph (2); and 

19 (B) whether Postal Service annuitants, and 

20 family members of such annuitants, satisfy the 

21 enrollment requirements described in para22 graphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 

23 5, United States Code, as added by subsection 

24 (a). 

25 (d) FUNDING.— 
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1 (1) CMS APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 

2 amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 

3 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Pro4 gram Management Account, for fiscal year 2022, 

5 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap6 propriated, $7,500,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, for the purposes of carrying out this section, 

8 including the amendments made by this section. 

9 (2) SSA APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 

10 amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 

11 the Social Security Administration for fiscal year 

12 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other13 wise appropriated, $16,000,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, for the purposes of carrying out this 

15 section (with the exception of the purposes set forth 

16 in subsection (c)(3)(B)), including the amendments 

17 made by this section. 

18 (3) OPM APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 

19 amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 

20 the Office of Personnel Management for fiscal year 

21 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other22 wise appropriated, $70,500,000, to remain available 

23 until expended, for the purposes of carrying out this 

24 section, including the amendments made by this sec25 tion. 
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1 (4) FUNDS CREDITED BY POSTAL SERVICE.— 

2 The United States Postal Service shall deposit an 

3 amount equal to the sum of the amounts appro4 priated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) into the 

5 Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt from the Postal 

6 Service Fund in fiscal year 2022. 

7 (5) REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERIODIC SSA DATA

8 SHARING.— 

9 (A) INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENT.—The 

10 Commissioner of Social Security shall enter into 

11 an agreement with the Director of the Office 

12 under which the Director pays the Commis13 sioner from the Postal Service administrative 

14 reserve the full costs (including systems and ad15 ministrative costs) of providing the information 

16 described in subsection (c)(3) for the purpose 

17 set forth in subsection (c)(3)(B). 

18 (B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director 

19 of the Office— 

20 (i) shall report the amount paid under 

21 subparagraph (A) annually to the Com22 mittee on Homeland Security and Govern23 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Com24 mittee on Oversight and Reform of the 

25 House of Representatives; and 
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1 (ii) may satisfy the requirement under 

2 clause (i) by including the amount paid 

3 under subparagraph (A) in any other an4 nual report submitted to Congress. 

5 SEC. 102. USPS FAIRNESS ACT. 

6 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

7 ‘‘USPS Fairness Act’’. 

8 (b) RATIONAL BENEFITS FUNDING AND ACCOUNT9 ING.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8909a of title 5, 

11 United States Code, is amended by striking sub12 section (d) and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(d)(1) Not later than June 30, 2026, and by June 

14 30 of each succeeding year, the Office shall compute, for 

15 the most recently concluded fiscal year, the amount (if 

16 any) that Government contributions required to be paid 

17 from the Fund under section 8906(g)(2)(A) exceeded the 

18 estimated net claims costs under the enrollment of the in19 dividuals described in section 8906(g)(2)(A). 

20 ‘‘(2) Not later than September 30 of each year in 

21 which the Office makes a computation under paragraph 

22 (1), the United States Postal Service shall pay into the 

23 Fund the amount (if any) of the excess computed under 

24 such paragraph. 
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1 ‘‘(e) Any computation required under section 3654(b) 

2 of title 39 shall be based on— 

3 ‘‘(1) the net present value of the future net 

4 claims costs with respect to— 

5 ‘‘(A) current annuitants of the United 

6 States Postal Service as of the end of the fiscal 

7 year ending on September 30 of the relevant re8 porting year; and 

9 ‘‘(B) current employees of the United 

10 States Postal Service who would, as of Sep11 tember 30 of that year— 

12 ‘‘(i) be eligible to become annuitants 

13 pursuant to section 8901(3)(A)(i) or (ii); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) if they were retired as of that 

16 date, meet the criteria for coverage of an17 nuitants under section 8905(b); 

18 ‘‘(2) economic and actuarial methods and as19 sumptions consistent with the methods and assump20 tions used in determining the Postal surplus or sup21 plemental liability under section 8348(h); and 

22 ‘‘(3) any other methods and assumptions, in23 cluding a health care cost trend rate, that the Direc24 tor of the Office determines to be appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘(f) After consultation with the United States Postal 

2 Service, the Office shall promulgate any regulations the 

3 Office determines necessary under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(g) For purposes of this section, the term ‘estimated 

5 net claims costs’ shall mean the difference between— 

6 ‘‘(1) the sum of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the estimated costs incurred by a car8 rier in providing health services to, paying for 

9 health services provided to, or reimbursing ex10 penses for health services provided to, annu11 itants of the United States Postal Service and 

12 any other persons covered under the enrollment 

13 of such annuitants; and 

14 ‘‘(B) an amount of indirect expenses rea15 sonably allocable to the provision, payment, or 

16 reimbursement described in subparagraph (A), 

17 as determined by the Office; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the amount withheld from the annuity of 

19 or paid by annuitants of the United States Postal 

20 Service under section 8906.’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of 

22 section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘Benefit’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Benefits’’. 

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1 (1) CANCELLATION OF PAYMENTS.—Any pay2 ment required from the Postal Service under section 

3 8909a of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on 

4 the day before the date of enactment of this Act that 

5 remains unpaid as of such date of enactment is can6 celed. 

7 (2) EFFECT OF THIS ACT.—In any determina8 tion relating to the future liability for retiree health 

9 benefits of the United States Postal Service or the 

10 Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, the 

11 Office of Personnel Management shall take into ac12 count the actual and reasonably expected effects of 

13 this Act. 

14 (d) USE OF FUNDS FROM SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

15 FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 39, 

17 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘§ 2903. Use of funds from sale of property 

20 ‘‘In the event that the Postal Service permanently 

21 ceases operations, any funds derived from the sale of any 

22 real property owned by the Postal Service shall be used 

23 to pay any outstanding liability with respect to the salaries 

24 and expenses of any Postal Service employee. The balance 

25 of any remaining funds shall be deposited into the Postal 
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1 Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under 

2 section 8909a of title 5.’’. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions of such chapter is amended by adding after the 

5 item relating to section 2902 the following new item: 

‘‘2903. Use of funds from sale of property.’’. 

6 SEC. 103. NONPOSTAL SERVICES. 

7 (a) NONPOSTAL SERVICES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of title 39, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding after chapter 36 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘CHAPTER 37—NONPOSTAL SERVICES 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘3701. Purpose. 

‘‘3702. Definitions. 

‘‘3703. Postal Service program for State governments. 

‘‘3704. Postal Service program for other Government agencies. 

‘‘3705. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services. 

12 ‘‘§ 3701. Purpose 

13 ‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to enable the Postal 

14 Service to increase its net revenues through specific non15 postal products and services that are expressly authorized 

16 by this chapter. 

17 ‘‘§ 3702. Definitions 

18 ‘‘In this chapter— 

19 ‘‘(1) the term ‘nonpostal services’ is limited to 

20 services offered by the Postal Service that are ex-
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1 pressly authorized by this chapter and are not postal 

2 products or services; 

3 ‘‘(2) the term ‘costs attributable’ has the mean4 ing given such term in section 3631; 

5 ‘‘(3) the term ‘year’ means a fiscal year; 

6 ‘‘(4) the term ‘local government’ means a coun7 ty, municipality, city, town, township, local public 

8 authority, school district, special district, intrastate 

9 district, council of governments, or regional or inter10 state government entity; 

11 ‘‘(5) the term ‘State government’ includes the 

12 government of the District of Columbia, the Com13 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

14 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common15 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 

16 other territory or possession of the United States; 

17 ‘‘(6) the term ‘tribal government’ means the 

18 government of an Indian tribe, as that term is de19 fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

20 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(7) the term ‘United States’, when used in a 

23 geographical sense, means the States, the District of 

24 Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

25 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
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1 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

2 Islands, and any other territory or possession of the 

3 United States. 

4 ‘‘§ 3703. Postal Service program for State govern5 ments 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro7 vision of this title, the Postal Service may establish a pro8 gram to enter into agreements with an agency of any State 

9 government, local government, or tribal government to 

10 provide property or nonpostal services to the public on be11 half of such agencies for non-commercial purposes, but 

12 only if— 

13 ‘‘(1) such property or nonpostal services— 

14 ‘‘(A) provide enhanced value to the public, 

15 such as by lowering the cost or raising the qual16 ity of such services or by making such services 

17 more accessible; 

18 ‘‘(B) do not interfere with or detract from 

19 the value of postal services, including by— 

20 ‘‘(i) harming the cost and efficiency of 

21 postal services; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) unreasonably restricting access 

23 to postal retail service, such as customer 

24 waiting time and access to parking; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) such agreements provide a net contribution 

2 to the Postal Service, defined as reimbursement that 

3 covers at least 100 percent of the costs attributable 

4 to all property and nonpostal services provided under 

5 each relevant agreement in each year, except that 

6 agreements determined to be substantially similar by 

7 the Postal Service with the concurrence of the Postal 

8 Regulatory Commission shall be reviewed based on 

9 their collective revenue and costs attributable. 

10 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not more than 90 days after 

11 offering a service under the program, the Postal Service 

12 shall make available to the public on its website— 

13 ‘‘(1) the agreement with the agency regarding 

14 such service; and 

15 ‘‘(2) a business plan that describes the specific 

16 property or nonpostal service to be provided, the en17 hanced value to the public, and terms of reimburse18 ment to the Postal Service. 

19 ‘‘(c) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The Postal Service may 

20 not establish the program under subsection (a) unless the 

21 Governors of the Postal Service approve such program by 

22 a recorded vote that is publicly disclosed on the Postal 

23 Service website with a majority of the Governors then in 

24 office voting for approval. 
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1 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsection (b) 

2 shall not be construed as requiring the Postal Service to 

3 disclose to the public any information— 

4 ‘‘(1) described in section 410(c); or 

5 ‘‘(2) exempt from public disclosure under sec6 tion 552(b) of title 5. 

7 ‘‘§ 3704. Postal Service program for other Govern8 ment agencies 

9 ‘‘The Postal Service may establish a program to pro10 vide property and nonpostal services to other Government 

11 agencies within the meaning of section 411, but only if 

12 such program provides a net contribution to the Postal 

13 Service, defined as reimbursement that covers at least 100 

14 percent of the costs attributable for property and non15 postal services provided by the Postal Service in each year 

16 to such agencies. 

17 ‘‘§ 3705. Transparency and accountability for non18 postal services 

19 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

21 after the last day of each year, the Postal Service 

22 shall submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission a 

23 report that analyzes costs, revenues, rates, and qual24 ity of service for each agreement or substantially 

25 similar set of agreements for the provision of prop-
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1 erty or nonpostal services under section 3703 or the 

2 program as a whole under section 3704, and any 

3 other nonpostal service authorized under this chap4 ter, using such methodologies as the Commission 

5 may prescribe, and in sufficient detail to dem6 onstrate compliance with the requirements of this 

7 chapter. 

8 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING MATTER.—A report sub9 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include any non10 public annex, the working papers, and any other 

11 supporting matter of the Postal Service and the In12 spector General related to the information submitted 

13 in such report. 

14 ‘‘(b) CONTENT AND FORM OF REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory 

16 Commission shall, by regulation, prescribe the con17 tent and form of the report required under sub18 section (a). In prescribing such regulations, the 

19 Commission shall give due consideration to— 

20 ‘‘(A) providing the public with timely, ade21 quate information to assess compliance; 

22 ‘‘(B) avoiding unnecessary or unwarranted 

23 administrative effort and expense on the part of 

24 the Postal Service; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) protecting the confidentiality of infor2 mation that is commercially sensitive or is ex3 empt from public disclosure under section 

4 552(b) of title 5. 

5 ‘‘(2) REVISED REQUIREMENTS.—The Commis6 sion may, on its own motion or on request of any 

7 interested party, initiate proceedings to improve the 

8 quality, accuracy, or completeness of Postal Service 

9 data required by the Commission if— 

10 ‘‘(A) the attribution of costs or revenues to 

11 property, products, or services under this chap12 ter has become significantly inaccurate or can 

13 be significantly improved; 

14 ‘‘(B) the quality of service data provided to 

15 the Commission for a report under this chapter 

16 has become significantly inaccurate or can be 

17 significantly improved; or 

18 ‘‘(C) such revisions are, in the judgment of 

19 the Commission, otherwise necessitated by the 

20 public interest. 

21 ‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The Inspector General shall regularly 

22 audit the data collection systems and procedures used in 

23 collecting information and preparing the report required 

24 under subsection (a). The results of any such audit shall 
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1 be submitted to the Postal Service and the Postal Regu2 latory Commission. 

3 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Postal Service deter5 mines that any document or portion of a document, 

6 or other matter, which it provides to the Postal Reg7 ulatory Commission in a nonpublic annex under this 

8 section contains information described in section 

9 410(c), or exempt from public disclosure under sec10 tion 552(b) of title 5, the Postal Service shall, at the 

11 time of providing such matter to the Commission, 

12 notify the Commission of its determination, in writ13 ing, and describe with particularity the documents 

14 (or portions of documents) or other matter for which 

15 confidentiality is sought and the reasons therefor. 

16 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Any information or other 

17 matter described in paragraph (1) to which the 

18 Commission gains access under this section shall be 

19 subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 504(g) 

20 in the same way as if the Commission had received 

21 notification with respect to such matter under sec22 tion 504(g)(1). 

23 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.— 

25 Upon receiving a report required under subsection 
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1 (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall prompt2 ly— 

3 ‘‘(A) provide an opportunity for comment 

4 on such report by any interested party; and 

5 ‘‘(B) appoint an officer of the Commission 

6 to represent the interests of the general public. 

7 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE OR NON8 COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 90 days after receiv9 ing a report required under subsection (a), the Post10 al Regulatory Commission shall make a written de11 termination as to whether the activities carried out 

12 pursuant to this chapter during the applicable year 

13 were or were not in compliance with the provisions 

14 of this chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, any 

15 case in which the requirements for coverage of costs 

16 attributable have not been met shall be considered to 

17 be a case of noncompliance. If, with respect to a 

18 year, no instance of noncompliance is found to have 

19 occurred, the determination shall be to that effect. 

20 Such determination of noncompliance shall be in21 cluded with the annual compliance determination re22 quired under section 3653. 

23 ‘‘(3) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a timely written de24 termination of noncompliance is made under para25 graph (2), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 
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1 take appropriate action. If the requirements for cov2 erage of costs attributable specified by this chapter 

3 are not met, the Commission shall, within 60 days 

4 after the determination, prescribe remedial action to 

5 restore compliance as soon as practicable, including 

6 the full restoration of revenue shortfalls during the 

7 following year. The Commission may order the Post8 al Service to discontinue a nonpostal service under 

9 section 3703 that persistently fails to meet cost cov10 erage requirements. 

11 ‘‘(4) DELIBERATE NONCOMPLIANCE.—In the 

12 case of deliberate noncompliance by the Postal Serv13 ice with the requirements of this chapter, the Postal 

14 Regulatory Commission may order, based on the na15 ture, circumstances, extent, and seriousness of the 

16 noncompliance, a fine (in the amount specified by 

17 the Commission in its order) for each incidence of 

18 such noncompliance. All receipts from fines imposed 

19 under this subsection shall be deposited in the gen20 eral fund of the Treasury. 

21 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Postal Regu22 latory Commission shall issue such regulations as are nec23 essary to carry out this section. 

24 ‘‘(g) EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT AUTHORITY.—The 

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1 pursuant to section 3703 and section 3704 of this chapter 

2 subject to the same terms and conditions described in sec3 tion 3641 of this title. For the purposes of a market test, 

4 the cost coverage requirements in sections 3703 and 3704 

5 of this chapter shall not apply.’’. 

6 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

7 chapters for part IV of title 39, United States Code, 

8 is amended by adding after the item relating to 

9 chapter 36 the following: 

‘‘37. Nonpostal services ................................................................... 3701’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) SECTION 404.—Section 404(e) of title 39, 

12 United States Code, is amended in paragraph (2), 

13 by inserting after ‘‘subsection’’ the following: ‘‘, or 

14 any nonpostal products or services authorized by 

15 chapter 37’’. 

16 (2) SECTION 411.—The last sentence of section 

17 411 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘including reimbursability’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘including reimbursability within the limitations of 

20 chapter 37’’. 

21 (3) TREATMENT OF EXISTING NONPOSTAL

22 SERVICES.—All individual nonpostal services, pro23 vided directly or through licensing, that are contin24 ued pursuant to section 404(e) of title 39, United 

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1 thorized by chapter 37 of such title (as added by 

2 subsection (a)(1)) and shall be subject to the re3 quirements of section 3705, subsections (a) through 

4 (d). 

5 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE 

6 OPERATIONAL REFORMS 

7 SEC. 201. PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND TRANSPARENCY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of 

9 title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

10 section 3691 the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 3692. Performance targets and transparency 

12 ‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE TARGETS.—Each year, to en13 sure that mail service for postal customers meets the serv14 ice standards for market-dominant products, established 

15 under section 3691, the Postal Service shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) not later than 60 days after the beginning 

17 of the fiscal year in which they will apply, establish 

18 and provide to the Postal Regulatory Commission 

19 reasonable targets for performance for each product; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(2) provide the previous fiscal year’s perform22 ance targets in its Annual Compliance Report to the 

23 Postal Regulatory Commission for evaluation of 

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1 ‘‘(b) POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION DETER2 MINATION OF CERTAIN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.— 

3 Not later than 90 days after first receiving the perform4 ance targets under subsection (a)(1), the Postal Regu5 latory Commission shall provide to the Postal Service— 

6 ‘‘(1) requirements for the Postal Service to 

7 publish nationwide, regional, and local delivery area 

8 performance information in accordance with sub9 section (c)(2) that— 

10 ‘‘(A) are consistent with the organizational 

11 structure of the delivery network of the Postal 

12 Service (including at the District and Area or13 ganizational levels, or the functional equiva14 lents, and, to the extent practicable, at the U.S. 

15 ZIP Code Area level); 

16 ‘‘(B) reflect the most granular geographic 

17 level of performance information appropriate 

18 for the Postal Service to publish; and 

19 ‘‘(C) includes time period segments for the 

20 published geographic levels to satisfy the pub21 lishing requirements of subparagraphs (A) and 

22 (C) of subsection (c)(2); and 

23 ‘‘(2) recommendations for any modifications to 

24 the Postal Service’s measurement systems necessary 

25 to measure and publish the performance information 
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1 under subsection (c)(2) that the Postal Regulatory 

2 Commission deems relevant. 

3 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 

5 develop and maintain a publicly available Website 

6 with an interactive web-tool that provides perform7 ance information for market-dominant products that 

8 is updated on a weekly basis. 

9 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.—The per10 formance information provided for a market-domi11 nant product on the Website shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) the type of market-dominant product; 

13 ‘‘(B) performance information for different 

14 geographic areas, consistent with subsection 

15 (b); 

16 ‘‘(C) performance information for different 

17 time periods, including annual, quarterly, 

18 monthly, and weekly segments; 

19 ‘‘(D) comparisons of performance informa20 tion for market-dominant products to perform21 ance information for previous time periods to 

22 facilitate identification of performance trends; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(E) the performance targets then in ef25 fect, and the performance targets for the pre-
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1 vious fiscal year, as established under sub2 section (a)(1). 

3 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIBILITY.—The Website shall 

4 include plain language descriptions of the elements 

5 required under paragraph (2) and information on 

6 the collection process, measurement methodology, 

7 completeness, accuracy, and validity of the perform8 ance information provided on the Website. 

9 ‘‘(4) ADDRESS SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY.—The 

10 Website shall include functionality to enable a user 

11 to search for performance information by street ad12 dress, ZIP Code, or post office box. 

13 ‘‘(5) FORMAT.—The Postal Service shall make 

14 the performance information provided on the 

15 Website available— 

16 ‘‘(A) in a manner that— 

17 ‘‘(i) presents the information required 

18 under paragraph (2) on an interactive 

19 dashboard; 

20 ‘‘(ii) is searchable and may be sorted 

21 and filtered by the elements described in 

22 paragraph (2); and 

23 ‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, enables 

24 any person or entity to download in bulk— 
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1 ‘‘(I) such performance informa2 tion; and 

3 ‘‘(II) the results of a search by 

4 the elements described in paragraph 

5 (2); 

6 ‘‘(B) under an ‘open license’ which has the 

7 meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 

8 44; and 

9 ‘‘(C) as an ‘open Government data asset’ 

10 and in a ‘machine-readable’ format which have 

11 the meaning given those terms in section 3502 

12 of title 44. 

13 ‘‘(6) CONSULTATION.—The Postal Service shall 

14 regularly consult with the Postal Regulatory Com15 mission on appropriate features and information to 

16 be included on the Website. 

17 ‘‘(7) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Postal Service 

18 shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) solicit public input on the design and 

20 implementation of the Website; and 

21 ‘‘(B) maintain a public feedback tool to en22 sure each feature of, and the information on, 

23 the Website is usable and understandable. 

24 ‘‘(8) DEADLINE.—The Postal Service shall im25 plement and make available to the public (and make 
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1 any subsequent changes in accordance with sub2 section (b)) the Website not later than 60 days from 

3 the date on which the Postal Service receives the re4 quirements and recommendations from the Postal 

5 Regulatory Commission under subsection (b), and 

6 shall continuously update such information on the 

7 Website as required by subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY.—A link and plain language 

9 description of the Website shall be made available on 

10 any webpage where performance targets and meas11 urements established under subsection (a)(1) are 

12 made available to the public. 

13 ‘‘(10) REPORTING.—The Postal Service, the 

14 Postmaster General, or the Board, as applicable, 

15 shall reference the dashboard described in paragraph 

16 (5)(A)(i) in the Annual Performance Plan under sec17 tion 2803, the Annual Performance Report under 

18 section 2804, and the Annual Report under section 

19 2402. 

20 ‘‘(11) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

21 ‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.—The 

22 term ‘performance information’ means the ob23 jective external performance measurements es24 tablished under section 3691(b)(1)(D). 
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1 ‘‘(B) WEBSITE.—The term ‘Website’ 

2 means the website described in paragraph (1).’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

4 The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 39, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 3691 the following: 

‘‘3692. Performance targets and transparency.’’. 

7 SEC. 202. INTEGRATED DELIVERY NETWORK. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b) of title 39, United 

9 States Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘The Postal 

10 Service’’ the following: ‘‘The Postal Service shall maintain 

11 an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant 

12 and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this 

13 title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except 

14 during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency 

15 situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic 

16 areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of 

17 delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date 

18 of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.’’. 

19 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub20 section (a) or the amendment made by such subsection 

21 is intended to alter or amend the requirements of chapters 

22 20 or 36 of title 39, United States Code, and related im23 plementing regulations, including provisions relating to 

24 costing, accounting, or rates. 
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1 SEC. 203. REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE COST ATTRIBUTION 

2 GUIDELINES. 

3 Not later than the date that is one year after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Postal Regulatory 

5 Commission shall initiate a review of the regulations 

6 issued pursuant to sections 3633(a) and 3652(a)(1) of 

7 title 39, United States Code, to determine whether revi8 sions are appropriate to ensure that all direct and indirect 

9 costs attributable to competitive and market-dominant 

10 products are properly attributed to those products, includ11 ing by considering the underlying methodologies in deter12 mining cost attribution and considering options to revise 

13 such methodologies. If the Commission determines, after 

14 notice and opportunity for public comment, that revisions 

15 are appropriate, the Commission shall make modifications 

16 or adopt alternative methodologies as necessary. 

17 SEC. 204. RURAL NEWSPAPER SUSTAINABILITY. 

18 Section 3626(h) of title 39, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 per20 cent’’. 

21 SEC. 205. FUNDING OF POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 504 of 

23 title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as fol24 lows: 

25 ‘‘(d)(1) Not later than September 1 of each fiscal 

26 year (beginning with fiscal year 2022), the Postal Regu-
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1 latory Commission shall submit to the Postal Service a 

2 budget of the Commission’s expenses, including expenses 

3 for facilities, supplies, compensation, and employee bene4 fits, for the following fiscal year. Any such budget shall 

5 be deemed approved as submitted if the Governors fail to 

6 adjust the budget in accordance with paragraph (2). 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after receiving a 

8 budget under paragraph (1), the Governors holding office, 

9 by unanimous written decision, may adjust the total 

10 amount of funding requested in such budget. Nothing in 

11 this subparagraph may be construed to authorize the Gov12 ernors to adjust any activity proposed to be funded by the 

13 budget. 

14 ‘‘(B) If the Governors adjust the budget under sub15 paragraph (A), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 

16 adjust the suballocations within such budget to reflect the 

17 total adjustment made by the Governors. The budget shall 

18 be deemed approved on the date the Commission makes 

19 any such adjustments. The Commission may make further 

20 adjustments to the suballocations within such budget as 

21 necessary. 

22 ‘‘(3) Expenses incurred under any budget approved 

23 under this subsection shall be paid out of the Postal Serv24 ice Fund established under section 2003.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 39, United 

2 States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in section 2003(e), by striking ‘‘(B) all ex4 penses of the Postal Regulatory Commission, subject 

5 to the availability of amounts appropriated under 

6 section 504(d);’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) all expenses of 

7 the Postal Regulatory Commission, pursuant to sec8 tion 504(d);’’; and 

9 (2) in section 2009— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘, (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

11 and (2)’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘, and (3) the Postal Regu13 latory Commission requests to be appropriated, 

14 out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 

15 504(d) of this title’’. 

16 SEC. 206. FLATS OPERATIONS STUDY AND REFORM. 

17 (a) FLATS OPERATIONS STUDY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory Com19 mission, in consultation with the Inspector General 

20 of the United States Postal Service, shall conduct a 

21 study to— 

22 (A) comprehensively identify the causes of 

23 inefficiencies in the collection, sorting, transpor24 tation, and delivery of Flats; and 
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1 (B) quantify the effects of the volume 

2 trends, investments decisions, excess capacity, 

3 and operational inefficiencies of the Postal 

4 Service on the direct and indirect costs of the 

5 Postal Service that are attributable to Flats. 

6 (2) POSTAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE.—For the 

7 purposes of carrying out the study under paragraph 

8 (1), the Postal Service shall, upon request by the 

9 Postal Regulatory Commission, consult with the 

10 Postal Regulatory Commission and provide— 

11 (A) access to Postal Service facilities to 

12 personnel of the Postal Regulatory Commission; 

13 and 

14 (B) information and records necessary to 

15 conduct such study. 

16 (3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Postal Regu18 latory Commission shall submit to Congress and the 

19 Postmaster General a report on the findings of the 

20 study conducted under paragraph (1). 

21 (4) FLATS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

22 term ‘‘Flats’’ means products that meet the physical 

23 standards described in the Domestic Mail Manual 

24 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

25 Act) for Flats mail for any class of mail. 
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1 (b) FLATS OPERATIONS REFORM.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months 

3 after the date on which the Postal Regulatory Com4 mission submits the report described in subsection 

5 (a)(3), the Postal Service shall— 

6 (A) develop and implement a plan to rem7 edy each inefficiency identified in the study con8 ducted under subsection (a)(1) to the extent 

9 practicable; and 

10 (B) if the Postal Service determines that 

11 remedying any such inefficiency is not prac12 ticable, provide to Congress and the Postal Reg13 ulatory Commission an explanation why rem14 edying such inefficiency is not practicable, in15 cluding whether it may become practicable to 

16 remedy such inefficiency at a later time. 

17 (2) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Prior 

18 to implementing the plan described in paragraph 

19 (1)— 

20 (A) the Postal Regulatory Commission 

21 must approve the plan; and 

22 (B) the Postal Service shall provide an 

23 adequate opportunity for public comment on the 

24 plan. 
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1 (3) COMPLETION NOTICE.—On the date on 

2 which the plan described in paragraph (1) is fully 

3 implemented, as determined by the Postmaster Gen4 eral, the Postmaster General shall submit to Con5 gress and the Postal Regulatory Commission a writ6 ten notice of such implementation. 

7 (c) SUBSEQUENT RATE ADJUSTMENTS.—During the 

8 five-year period beginning on the date on which the Postal 

9 Regulatory Commission submits a report under subsection 

10 (a)(3), the Postal Service, when making any adjustment 

11 to the rate of a market-dominant product (as defined in 

12 section 102 of title 39, United States Code), shall consider 

13 the findings of such report and, after the plan described 

14 in subsection (b)(1) is implemented, the plan’s efficacy in 

15 remedying the inefficiencies identified in the study con16 ducted under subsection (a)(1). 

17 SEC. 207. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months 

20 thereafter, the Postmaster General shall submit to the 

21 President, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Com22 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

23 of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re24 form of the House of Representatives a report on the oper25 ations and financial condition of the Postal Service during 
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1 the six-month period ending 60 days before the date on 

2 which the Postmaster General submits such report. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this 

4 section shall include updates, details of changes from pre5 vious standards and requirements, and assessments of 

6 progress being made on the operations and financial con7 dition of the Postal Service, including— 

8 (1) the actual mail and package volume growth 

9 relative to any mail or package volume growth pro10 jections previously made or relied upon by the Postal 

11 Service, including a discussion of the reasons for the 

12 differences in projections and the associated adjust13 ments being made; 

14 (2) the effect of pricing changes on product vol15 ume for market-dominant and competitive products, 

16 and associated revenue effects on financial projec17 tions, including a discussion of the reasons behind 

18 the differences in projections and associated adjust19 ments being made; 

20 (3) customer use of network distribution cen21 ters and processing and distribution centers; 

22 (4) the status of the USPS Connect program 

23 and revenue effects of the program on the financial 

24 projections; 
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1 (5) the use of Priority Mail, Priority Mail Ex2 press, First-Class Package Service, and Parcel Se3 lect services (as such terms are defined in the Mail 

4 Classification Schedule as in effect on the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act) among customers and as6 sociated revenue effects; 

7 (6) the use of USPS Connect Returns service 

8 among customers, and associated costs and revenue 

9 effects; 

10 (7) the use of USPS E-Commerce Marketplace 

11 among customers, and associated costs and revenue 

12 effects; 

13 (8) updates on the reliability, efficiency, and 

14 cost-effectiveness of the transportation network, in15 cluding the manner in which ground transportation 

16 is utilized over air transportation for types of mar17 ket-dominant products and competitive products; 

18 (9) a review of efforts to enhance employee 

19 training, safety, and wellbeing, including associated 

20 effects on employee recruitment, satisfaction, and re21 tention; 

22 (10) a review of efforts being made to improve 

23 employee allocation, including changes of non-career 

24 employees to career status, and any associated im-
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1 pacts to operational expenses and processing, trans2 portation, and delivery efficiency; 

3 (11) the rate of planned investment into Postal 

4 Service processing, transportation, and delivery 

5 equipment and infrastructure for market-dominant 

6 and competitive products, and a review of any asso7 ciated effects on operational expenses and efficiency; 

8 (12) changes to network distribution centers 

9 and the expansion of regional distribution centers, 

10 including costs associated with the changes and any 

11 realized reduction in operational expenses or im12 proved resource efficiencies; 

13 (13) a review of the ability of the Postal Service 

14 to meet performance targets established under sec15 tion 3692(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code; 

16 (14) a discussion of the progress of the Postal 

17 Service in achieving any new, self-funded invest18 ments, including the amounts realized and expended 

19 to date, and a discussion of the reasons behind any 

20 disparities in the assumptions regarding the ex21 pected progress of the Postal Service getting new, 

22 self-funded investments to accommodate changes; 

23 and 

24 (15) any other information the Postal Service 

25 determines relevant, such as barriers or unantici-
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1 pated events, in order to help the Postal Regulatory 

2 Commission, Congress, the President, and the Amer3 ican public evaluate the success or difficulties faced 

4 by the Postal Service in implementing the reform 

5 plan. 

6 (c) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under 

8 this subsection shall be submitted in a form that ex9 cludes any proprietary or confidential information 

10 and trade secrets. 

11 (2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Postal Service de12 termines that any information must be excluded 

13 under paragraph (1), the Postal Service shall, at the 

14 time of submitting the report, notify the President, 

15 the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 

16 House of Representatives, the Committee on Home17 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen18 ate, and the Postal Regulatory Commission in writ19 ing of its determination and describe in detail the in20 formation for which confidentiality is sought and the 

21 reasons therefor. 

22 (3) ANNEXES.—The Postal Service shall submit 

23 to the persons and entities notified under paragraph 

24 (2) any information excluded under paragraph (1) in 
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1 an annex that shall be treated as confidential in ac2 cordance with paragraph (4). 

3 (4) TREATMENT.—No person may, with respect 

4 to any information which such person receives under 

5 paragraph (4)— 

6 (A) use such information for purposes 

7 other than the purposes for which it is supplied; 

8 or 

9 (B) permit any person or entity other than 

10 a person or entity notified under paragraph (2), 

11 or the staff thereof, to have access to any such 

12 information. 

13 (d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 

14 the date that is five years after the date on which the first 

15 report required by this section is submitted. 

16 SEC. 208. POSTAL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION SELECTION 

17 POLICY REVISIONS. 

18 Section 101(f) of title 39, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘prompt and economical’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘prompt, economical, consistent, and reli22 able’’; 

23 (2) by inserting after ‘‘all mail’’ the following: 

24 ‘‘in a manner that increases operational efficiency 

25 and reduces complexity’’; 
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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘cost-effective’’ after ‘‘to 

2 achieve’’; and 

3 (4) by inserting ‘‘also’’ after ‘‘Nation shall’’. 

4 SEC. 209. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF POST5 AL REGULATORY COMMISSION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8G of the Inspector Gen7 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Postal 

9 Regulatory Commission,’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (f)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘(2) In carrying’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘(2)(A) In carrying’’; and 

14 (ii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(B) In carrying out the duties and responsibil17 ities specified in this Act, the Inspector General of 

18 the United States Postal Service shall function as 

19 the Inspector General for the Postal Regulatory 

20 Commission, and shall have equal responsibility over 

21 the United States Postal Service and the Postal 

22 Regulatory Commission. The Commission shall com23 ply with the Inspector General’s oversight as if the 

24 Commission were a designated Federal entity under 

25 subsection (a)(2) and as if the Inspector General 
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1 were the inspector general of the Commission. The 

2 Governors of the Postal Service shall not direct over3 sight activities for the Postal Regulatory Commis4 sion.’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting 

6 ‘‘pertaining to the United States Postal Serv7 ice’’ after ‘‘subpoenas,’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 

9 ‘‘and the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after 

10 ‘‘United States Postal Service’’; 

11 (D) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘or 

12 the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after ‘‘Gov13 ernors’’; 

14 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

15 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec16 tively; and 

17 (F) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(4) For activities pertaining to the Postal Reg20 ulatory Commission, sections 4, 5, 6 (other than 

21 subsection (g) thereof), and 7 of this Act shall be 

22 applied by substituting the term ‘head of the Postal 

23 Regulatory Commission’ for ‘head of the establish24 ment’.’’. 
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1 (b) APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL.—Section 202 of 

2 title 39, United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘The Gov4 ernors shall appoint’’ and inserting ‘‘The Governors 

5 and the members of the Postal Regulatory Commis6 sion shall appoint, by a favorable vote of a majority 

7 of the Governors in office and of a majority of the 

8 members of the Commission in office,’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘and 3 

10 members of the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ 

11 after ‘‘at least 7 Governors’’. 

12 (c) SAVINGS PROVISION.— 

13 (1) PERSONNEL, DOCUMENTS, ASSETS.—All 

14 personnel, documents, assets, unexpended balances 

15 of appropriations, and obligations of the Inspector 

16 General for the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 

17 transfer to the Inspector General of the Postal Serv18 ice on the effective date of this section. 

19 (2) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—Any order, deter20 mination, rule, regulation, permit, grant, loan, con21 tract, agreement, certificate, license, or privilege that 

22 has been issued, made, granted, or allowed to be23 come effective by the Inspector General of the Postal 

24 Regulatory Commission that is in effect on the effec25 tive date of this section shall continue in effect ac-
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1 cording to their terms until modified, terminated, 

2 superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with 

3 law. 

4 (3) PROCEEDINGS.—This section and the 

5 amendments made by this section shall not affect 

6 any proceeding pending on the effective date of this 

7 section before the Inspector General of the Postal 

8 Regulatory Commission, but such proceeding shall 

9 be continued by the Inspector General of the Postal 

10 Service, at the discretion of that Inspector General. 

11 Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to pro12 hibit the discontinuance or modification of any such 

13 proceeding under the same terms and conditions and 

14 to the same extent that the proceeding could have 

15 been discontinued or modified if this section and 

16 those amendments had not been enacted. 

17 (4) SUITS.—This section and the amendments 

18 made by this section shall not affect any suit com19 menced before the effective date of this section, and 

20 in any such suit, proceeding shall be had, appeals 

21 taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner 

22 and with the same effect as if this section or such 

23 amendments had not been enacted. 

24 (5) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other 

25 Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or 
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1 delegation of authority, or any document relating to 

2 the Inspector General of the Postal Regulatory Com3 mission shall be deemed to refer to the Inspector 

4 General of the United States Postal Service. 

5 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

6 Section 504 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 

7 by striking subsection (h). 

8 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend9 ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 

10 that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

12 SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

13 If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 

14 by this Act, or the application of a provision of this Act 

15 or an amendment made by this Act to any person or cir16 cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 

17 of this Act, and the application of the provisions to any 
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1 person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the hold2 ing. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 8, 

2022. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3076 

AN ACT 

To provide stability to and enhance the services of 

purposes. the United States Postal Service, and for other