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SEC. 207. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months 
thereafter, the Postmaster General shall submit to the 
President, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives a report on the oper-
ations and financial condition of the Postal Service during 
the six-month period ending 60 days before the date on 
which the Postmaster General submits such report. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this 
section shall include updates, details of changes from pre-
vious standards and requirements, and assessments of 
progress being made on the operations and financial con-
dition of the Postal Service, including— 
(1) the actual mail and package volume growth 
relative to any mail or package volume growth pro-
jections previously made or relied upon by the Postal 
Service, including a discussion of the reasons for the 
differences in projections and the associated adjust-
ments being made; 
(2) the effect of pricing changes on product vol-
ume for market-dominant and competitive products, 
and associated revenue effects on financial projec-
tions, including a discussion of the reasons behind 
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the differences in projections and associated adjust-
ments being made; 
(3) customer use of network distribution cen-
ters and processing and distribution centers; 
(4) the status of the USPS Connect program 
and revenue effects of the program on the financial 
projections; 
(5) the use of Priority Mail, Priority Mail Ex-
press, First-Class Package Service, and Parcel Se-
lect services (as such terms are defined in the Mail 
Classification Schedule as in effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act) among customers and as-
sociated revenue effects; 
(6) the use of USPS Connect Returns service 
among customers, and associated costs and revenue 
effects; 
(7) the use of USPS E-Commerce Marketplace 
among customers, and associated costs and revenue 
effects; 
(8) updates on the reliability, efficiency, and 
cost-effectiveness of the transportation network, in-
cluding the manner in which ground transportation 
is utilized over air transportation for types of mar-
ket-dominant products and competitive products; 
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(9) a review of efforts to enhance employee 
training, safety, and wellbeing, including associated 
effects on employee recruitment, satisfaction, and re-
tention; 
(10) a review of efforts being made to improve 
employee allocation, including changes of non-career 
employees to career status, and any associated im-
pacts to operational expenses and processing, trans-
portation, and delivery efficiency; 
(11) the rate of planned investment into Postal 
Service processing, transportation, and delivery 
equipment and infrastructure for market-dominant 
and competitive products, and a review of any asso-
ciated effects on operational expenses and efficiency; 
(12) changes to network distribution centers 
and the expansion of regional distribution centers, 
including costs associated with the changes and any 
realized reduction in operational expenses or im-
proved resource efficiencies; 
(13) a review of the ability of the Postal Service 
to meet performance targets established under sec-
tion 3692(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code; 
(14) a discussion of the progress of the Postal 
Service in achieving any new, self-funded invest-
ments, including the amounts realized and expended 
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to date, and a discussion of the reasons behind any 
disparities in the assumptions regarding the ex-
pected progress of the Postal Service getting new, 
self-funded investments to accommodate changes; 
and 
(15) any other information the Postal Service 
determines relevant, such as barriers or unantici-
pated events, in order to help the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, Congress, the President, and the Amer-
ican public evaluate the success or difficulties faced 
by the Postal Service in implementing the reform 
plan. 
(c) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under 
this subsection shall be submitted in a form that ex-
cludes any proprietary or confidential information 
and trade secrets. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Postal Service de-
termines that any information must be excluded 
under paragraph (1), the Postal Service shall, at the 
time of submitting the report, notify the President, 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Postal Regulatory Commission in writ-
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ing of its determination and describe in detail the in-
formation for which confidentiality is sought and the 
reasons therefor. 
(3) ANNEXES.—The Postal Service shall submit 
to the persons and entities notified under paragraph 
(2) any information excluded under paragraph (1) in 
an annex that shall be treated as confidential in ac-
cordance with paragraph (4). 
(4) TREATMENT.—No person may, with respect 
to any information which such person receives under 
paragraph (4)— 
(A) use such information for purposes 
other than the purposes for which it is supplied; 
or 
(B) permit any person or entity other than 
a person or entity notified under paragraph (2), 
or the staff thereof, to have access to any such 
information. 
(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 
the date that is five years after the date on which the first 
report required by this section is submitted. 
SEC. 208. POSTAL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION SELECTION 
POLICY REVISIONS. 
Section 101(f) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘prompt and economical’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prompt, economical, consistent, and reli-
able’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘all mail’’ the following: 
‘‘in a manner that increases operational efficiency 
and reduces complexity’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘cost-effective’’ after ‘‘to 
achieve’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘also’’ after ‘‘Nation shall’’. 
SEC. 209. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF POST-
AL REGULATORY COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8G of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Postal 
Regulatory Commission,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(2) In carrying’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2)(A) In carrying’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) In carrying out the duties and responsibil-
ities specified in this Act, the Inspector General of 
the United States Postal Service shall function as 
the Inspector General for the Postal Regulatory 
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menced before the effective date of this section, and 
in any such suit, proceeding shall be had, appeals 
taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner 
and with the same effect as if this section or such 
amendments had not been enacted. 
(5) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other 
Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or 
delegation of authority, or any document relating to 
the Inspector General of the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission shall be deemed to refer to the Inspector 
General of the United States Postal Service. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 504 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subsection (h). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of a provision of this Act 
or an amendment made by this Act to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of this Act, and the application of the provisions to any 
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person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the hold-
ing. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 8, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 266 
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. 
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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