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a Level-Two Postal Service Execu-
tive as a liaison with the members 
of the Authority; 
(ii) any provision of this title 
that requires the Authority or the 
Postal Service to take any action 
shall be considered only to take 
effect in the event the Authority 
comes into full force and that ef-
fective date shall be considered to 
be the date of the commencement 
of the control period for the pur-
poses any provision not mention 
in this subparagraph; and 
(iii) the Postal Service shall 
have access to the funds available 
under section 222 according to 
applicable provisions of this Act, 
subject to the approval of the 
Postal Service Board of Gov-
ernors without the approval of 
the Authority. 
(2) TREATMENT OF AUTHORITIES AND RE-
SPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
BOARD
OF
GOV-
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ERNORS, ETC. DURING A CONTROL PERIOD.— 
During a control period— 
(A) all authorities and respon-
sibilities of the Board of Governors, 
and the individual Governors, of the 
Postal Service under title 39, United 
States Code, and any other provision 
of law shall be assumed by the Au-
thority; and 
(B) the Board of Governors, and 
the individual Governors, may act in 
an advisory capacity only. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
POSTAL 
SERVICE EXECUTIVES DURING A CONTROL PE-
RIOD.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—For the purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘Level-Two 
Postal Service Executive’’ includes 
the Postmaster General, the Deputy 
Postmaster General, and all other of-
ficers or employees of the Postal 
Service in level two of the Postal Ca-
reer Executive Service (or the equiva-
lent). 
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(B) TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or employ-
ment contract, during a control pe-
riod— 
(i) all Level-Two Postal Serv-
ice Executives shall serve at the 
pleasure of the Authority; 
(ii) the duties and responsibil-
ities of all Level-Two Postal Serv-
ice Executives, as well as the 
terms and conditions of their em-
ployment (including their com-
pensation), shall be subject to de-
termination or redetermination 
by the Authority; 
(iii) total compensation of a 
Level-Two Postal Service Execu-
tive may not, for any year in such 
control period, exceed the annual 
rate of basic pay payable for level 
I of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5312 of title 5, United 
States Code, for such year; for 
purposes of this clause, the term 
‘‘total compensation’’ means basic 
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pay, bonuses, awards, and all 
other monetary compensation; 
(iv) the percentage by which 
the rate of basic pay of a Level- 
Two Postal Service Executive is 
increased during any year in such 
control period may not exceed the 
percentage change in the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers, unadjusted for sea-
sonal variation, for the most re-
cent 12-month period available, 
except that, in the case of a Level- 
Two 
Postal 
Service 
Executive 
who has had a significant change 
in job responsibilities, a greater 
change shall be allowable if ap-
proved by the Authority; 
(v) apart from basic pay, a 
Level-Two Postal Service Execu-
tive may not be afforded any 
bonus, award, or other monetary 
compensation for any fiscal year 
in the control period if expendi-
tures of the Postal Service for 
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such fiscal year exceeded reve-
nues of the Postal Service for 
such fiscal year (determined in 
accordance with generally accept-
ed accounting principles); and 
(vi) no deferred compensation 
may be paid, accumulated, or rec-
ognized in the case of any Level- 
Two Postal Service Executive, 
with respect to any year in a con-
trol period, which is not generally 
paid, accumulated, or recognized 
in the case of employees of the 
United States (outside of the Post-
al Service) in level I of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5312 
of title 5, United States Code, 
with respect to such year. 
(C) 
BONUS
AUTHORITY.—Section 
3686 of title 39, United States Code, 
shall, during the period beginning on 
the commencement date of the con-
trol period and ending on the termi-
nation date of the control period— 
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(i) be suspended with respect 
to all Level-Two Postal Service 
Executives; but 
(ii) remain in effect for all 
other officers and employees of 
the Postal Service otherwise cov-
ered by this section. 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
A
CONTROL
PE-
RIOD.—A control period terminates upon 
certification by the Authority, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, that— 
(A) for 2 consecutive fiscal years 
(occurring after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act), expenditures of the 
Postal Service did not exceed reve-
nues of the Postal Service (as deter-
mined in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles); 
(B) the Authority has approved a 
Postal Service financial plan and 
budget that shows expenditures of 
the Postal Service not exceeding rev-
enues of the Postal Service (as so de-
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termined) for the fiscal year to which 
such budget pertains and each of the 
next 3 fiscal years; and 
(C) the Postal Service financial 
plan and budget (as referred to in 
subparagraph (B)) includes plans— 
(i) for the repayment of any 
supplementary debt under section 
222, in equal annual installments 
over a period of not more than 5 
years; and 
(ii) to properly fund Postal 
Service 
pensions 
and 
retiree 
health 
benefits 
in 
accordance 
with law. 
SEC. 203. MEMBERSHIP AND QUALIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Authority shall 
consist of 5 members appointed by the 
President who meet the qualifications de-
scribed in subsection (b), except that the 
Authority may take any action under this 
title at any time after the President has 
appointed 4 of its members. 
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(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Of the 5 mem-
bers so appointed— 
(A) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(B) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the majority leader of the Senate; 
(C) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(D) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the minority leader of the Senate; and 
(E) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the Comptroller General. 
(3) POLITICAL
AFFILIATION.—No more 
than 3 members of the Authority may be 
of the same political party. 
(4) CHAIR.—The President shall des-
ignate 1 of the members of the Authority 
as the Chair of the Authority. 
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(5) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING 
DEADLINE
FOR
APPOINTMENT.—It is the 
sense of Congress that the President 
should appoint the members of the Au-
thority as soon as practicable after the 
date on which a control period com-
mences, but no later than 30 days after 
such date. 
(6) TERM OF SERVICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided 
in 
subparagraph 
(B), 
each 
member of the Authority shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 3 years. 
(B) APPOINTMENT
FOR
TERM
FOL-
LOWING
INITIAL
TERM.—As designated 
by the President at the time of ap-
pointment for the term immediately 
following the initial term, of the mem-
bers appointed for the term imme-
diately following the initial term— 
(i) 1 member shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 1 year; 
(ii) 2 members shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years; and 
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(iii) 2 members shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 3 years. 
(C) REMOVAL.—The President may 
remove any member of the Authority 
only for cause. 
(D) NO
COMPENSATION
FOR
SERV-
ICE.—Members of the Authority shall 
serve without pay, but may receive 
reimbursement for any reasonable 
and necessary expenses incurred by 
reason of service on the Authority. 
(b) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual meets 
the qualifications for membership on the 
Authority if the individual— 
(A) has significant knowledge and 
expertise in finance, management, 
and the organization or operation of 
businesses having more than 500 em-
ployees; and 
(B) represents the public interest 
generally, is not a representative of 
specific interests using or belonging 
to the Postal Service, and does not 
have any business or financial inter-
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est in any enterprise in the private 
sector of the economy engaged in the 
delivery of mail matter. 
(2) 
SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS.—An 
indi-
vidual shall not be considered to satisfy 
paragraph (1)(B) if, at any time during 
the 5-year period ending on the date of 
appointment, such individual— 
(A) has been an officer, employee, 
or private contractor with the Postal 
Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission; or 
(B) has served as an employee or 
contractor of a labor organization 
representing employees of the Postal 
Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission. 
SEC. 204. ORGANIZATION. 
(a) ADOPTION OF BY-LAWS FOR CONDUCTING 
BUSINESS.—As soon as practicable after the 
appointment of its members, the Authority 
shall adopt by-laws, rules, and procedures 
governing its activities under this title, in-
cluding procedures for hiring experts and 
consultants. Upon adoption, such by-laws, 
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rules, and procedures shall be submitted by 
the Authority to the Postmaster General, the 
President, and Congress. 
(b) CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES
REQUIRING
AP-
PROVAL OF MAJORITY OF MEMBERS.—Under its 
by-laws, the Authority may conduct its oper-
ations under such procedures as it considers 
appropriate, except that an affirmative vote 
of a majority of the members of the Authority 
shall be required in order for the Authority 
to— 
(1) approve or disapprove a financial 
plan and budget as described by subtitle 
C; 
(2) implement recommendations on fi-
nancial stability and management re-
sponsibility under section 226; 
(3) take any action under authority of 
section 202(b)(3)(B)(i); or 
(4) initiate the establishment of a new 
workers’ compensation system for the 
Postal Service in accordance with section 
311. 
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SEC. 205. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF. 
(a) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Authority 
shall have an Executive Director who shall be 
appointed by the Chair with the consent of 
the Authority. The Executive Director shall be 
paid at a rate determined by the Authority, 
except that such rate may not exceed the rate 
of basic pay payable for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(b) STAFF.—With the approval of the Au-
thority, the Executive Director may appoint 
and fix the pay of such additional personnel 
as the Executive Director considers appro-
priate, except that no individual appointed by 
the Executive Director may be paid at a rate 
greater than the rate of pay for the Executive 
Director. Personnel appointed under this sub-
section shall serve at the pleasure of the Exec-
utive Director. 
(c) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERV-
ICE LAWS.—The Executive Director and staff of 
the Authority may be appointed without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competi-
tive service, and paid without regard to the 
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provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica-
tion and General Schedule pay rates. 
(d) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon re-
quest of the Chair, the head of any Federal de-
partment or agency may detail, on a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis, any of the 
personnel of such department or agency to 
the Authority to assist it in carrying out its 
duties under this title. 
SEC. 206. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated, out of the Postal Service 
Fund, such sums as may be necessary for the 
Authority. In requesting an appropriation 
under this section for a fiscal year, the Au-
thority shall prepare and submit to the Con-
gress under section 2009 of title 39, United 
States Code, a budget of the Authority’s ex-
penses, including expenses for facilities, sup-
plies, compensation, and employee benefits 
not to exceed $10,000,000. In years in which a 
control period commences, the Authority 
shall submit a budget within 30 days of the 
appointment of the members of the Authority. 
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(b) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2009.—Section 
2009 is amended in the next to last sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, and (3)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, (3)’’; and 
(2) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘, and (4) the Postal Service Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority requests to be appro-
priated, out of the Postal Service Fund, 
under section 206 of the Postal Reform 
Act of 2012.’’. 
Subtitle B—Powers of the 
Authority 
SEC. 211. POWERS. 
(a) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any 
member or agent of the Authority may, if au-
thorized by the Authority, take any action 
which the Authority is authorized by this sec-
tion to take. 
(b) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA FROM
THE 
POSTAL SERVICE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Authority may secure 
copies of such records, documents, informa-
tion, or data from any entity of the Postal 
Service necessary to enable the Authority to 
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carry out its responsibilities under this title. 
At the request of the Authority, the Authority 
shall be granted direct access to such infor-
mation systems, records, documents, informa-
tion, or data as will enable the Authority to 
carry out its responsibilities under this title. 
The head of the relevant entity of the Postal 
Service shall provide the Authority with such 
information and assistance (including grant-
ing the Authority direct access to automated 
or other information systems) as the Author-
ity requires under this subsection. 
(c) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES.—The 
Authority may accept, use, and dispose of 
gifts, bequests, or devises of services or prop-
erty, both real and personal, for the purpose 
of aiding or facilitating the work of the Au-
thority. Gifts, bequests, or devises of money 
and proceeds from sales of other property re-
ceived as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be 
deposited in such account as the Authority 
may establish and shall be available for dis-
bursement upon order of the Chair. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Authority, the Admin-
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istrator of General Services may provide to 
the Authority, on a reimbursable basis, the 
administrative support services necessary for 
the Authority to carry out its responsibilities 
under this title. 
(e) 
AUTHORITY
TO
ENTER
INTO
CON-
TRACTS.—The Executive Director may enter 
into such contracts as the Executive Director 
considers appropriate (subject to the ap-
proval of the Chair) to carry out the 
Authority’s responsibilities under this title. 
(f) CIVIL ACTIONS TO ENFORCE POWERS.— 
The Authority may seek judicial enforcement 
of its authority to carry out its responsibil-
ities under this title. 
(g) PENALTIES.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE
DISCIPLINE.—Any 
officer or employee of the Postal Service 
who, by action or inaction, fails to com-
ply with any directive or other order of 
the Authority under section 226(c) shall 
be subject to appropriate administrative 
discipline, 
including 
suspension 
from 
duty without pay or removal from office, 
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by order of either the Postmaster General 
or the Authority. 
(2) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—When-
ever an officer or employee of the Postal 
Service takes or fails to take any action 
which is noncompliant with any directive 
or other order of the Authority under 
section 226(c), the Postmaster General 
shall immediately report to the Authority 
all pertinent facts, together with a state-
ment of any actions taken by the Post-
master General or proposed by the Post-
master General to be taken under para-
graph (1). 
(h) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in making determinations that 
affect prior collective bargaining agreements 
and prior agreements on workforce reduc-
tion, any rightsizing effort within the Postal 
Service that results in a decrease in the num-
ber of postal employees should ensure that 
such employees can receive their full pen-
sions, are fully compensated, and that the col-
lective bargaining agreements and prior 
agreements on workforce reduction that they 
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entered into with Postal Service management 
are fully honored. 
SEC. 212. EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS. 
The Authority and its members may not 
be liable for any obligation of or claim against 
the Postal Service resulting from actions 
taken to carry out this title. 
SEC. 213. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS ARISING UNDER THIS 
TITLE. 
(a) JURISDICTION ESTABLISHED
IN UNITED 
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA CIRCUIT.—A person (including the 
Postal Service) adversely affected or ag-
grieved by an order or decision of the Author-
ity may, within 30 days after such order or de-
cision becomes final, institute proceedings for 
review thereof by filing a petition in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit. The court shall re-
view the order or decision in accordance with 
section 706 of title 5, United States Code, and 
chapter 158 and section 2112 of title 28, 
United States Code. Judicial review shall be 
limited to the question of whether the Author-
ity acted in excess of its statutory authority, 
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and determinations of the Authority with re-
spect to the scope of its statutory authority 
shall be upheld if based on a permissible con-
struction of the statutory authority. 
(b) PROMPT
APPEAL
TO
THE
SUPREME 
COURT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, review by the Supreme Court of the 
United States of a decision of the Court of Ap-
peals which is issued pursuant to subsection 
(a) may be had only if the petition for such re-
view is filed within 10 days after the entry of 
such decision. 
(c) TIMING
OF RELIEF.—No order of any 
court granting declaratory or injunctive relief 
against the Authority, including relief permit-
ting or requiring the obligation, borrowing, or 
expenditure of funds, shall take effect during 
the pendency of the action before such court, 
during the time appeal may be taken, or (if 
appeal is taken) during the period before the 
court has entered its final order disposing of 
such action. 
(d) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be 
the duty of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia and the Supreme 
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Court of the United States to advance on the 
docket and to expedite to the greatest pos-
sible extent the disposition of any matter 
brought under subsection (a). 
SEC. 214. DELIVERY POINT MODERNIZATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
(1) the term ‘‘delivery point’’ means a 
mailbox or other receptacle to which 
mail is delivered; 
(2) the term ‘‘primary mode of deliv-
ery’’ means the typical method by which 
the Postal Service delivers letter mail to 
the delivery point of a postal patron; 
(3) the term ‘‘door delivery’’ means a 
primary mode of mail delivery whereby 
mail is placed into a slot or receptacle at 
or near the postal patron’s door or is 
hand delivered to a postal patron, but 
does not include curbside or centralized 
delivery; 
(4) the term ‘‘centralized delivery’’ 
means a primary mode of mail delivery 
whereby mail receptacles are grouped or 
clustered at a single location; and 
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(5) 
the 
term 
‘‘curbside 
delivery’’ 
means a primary mode of mail delivery 
whereby a mail receptacle is situated at 
the edge of a roadway or curb. 
(b) REDUCTION IN TOTAL NUMBER OF DELIV-
ERY POINTS.—The Authority shall, during the 
first control period commencing under this 
title, take such measures as may be necessary 
and appropriate so that— 
(1) in each fiscal year beginning at 
least 2 years after the commencement 
date of such first control period— 
(A) the total number of delivery 
points for which door delivery is the 
primary mode of mail delivery does 
not exceed 25 percent of the cor-
responding number for the fiscal year 
last ending before such commence-
ment date; and 
(B) the total annual costs attrib-
utable to door delivery, centralized 
delivery, and curbside delivery com-
bined will be at least $3,500,000,000 
less than the corresponding total an-
nual costs for the fiscal year last end-
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ing before such commencement date; 
and 
(2) in each fiscal year beginning at 
least 4 years after the commencement 
date of such first control period, the total 
number of delivery points for which door 
delivery is the primary mode of mail de-
livery does not exceed 10 percent of the 
corresponding number for the fiscal year 
last ending before such commencement 
date. 
In making any decision under this subsection 
involving the continuation or termination of 
door delivery with respect to any locality or 
addresses within a locality, the Authority 
shall consider rates of poverty, population 
density, historical value, whether such local-
ity is in a registered historic district (as that 
term is defined in section 47(c)(3)(B) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986), whether such 
address is another place on the National Reg-
ister of Historic Places, and other appropriate 
factors. 
(c) ORDER
OF PRECEDENCE.—In order to 
carry out subsection (b)— 
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(1) in making conversions from door 
delivery to other primary modes of deliv-
ery— 
(A) conversion shall be to central-
ized delivery; except 
(B) if subparagraph (A) is imprac-
tical, conversion shall be to curbside 
delivery; and 
(2) in the case of delivery points es-
tablished after the commencement date 
of the first control period under this 
title— 
(A) centralized delivery shall be 
the primary mode of delivery; except 
(B) if subparagraph (A) is imprac-
tical, curbside delivery shall be the 
primary mode of delivery. 
(d) WAIVER FOR PHYSICAL HARDSHIP.—The 
Postal Service shall establish and maintain a 
waiver program under which, upon applica-
tion, door delivery may be continued or pro-
vided in any case in which— 
(1) centralized or curbside delivery 
would, but for this subsection, otherwise 
be the primary mode of delivery; and 
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(2) door delivery is necessary in order 
to avoid causing significant physical 
hardship to a postal patron. 
(e) CENTRALIZED DELIVERY PLACEMENT.—It 
is the sense of the Congress that the Postal 
Service should negotiate with State and local 
governments, businesses, local associations, 
and property owners to place centralized de-
livery units in locations that maximize deliv-
ery efficiency, ease of use for postal patrons, 
and respect for private property rights. 
(f) VOUCHER PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Postal Service 
may, in accordance with such standards 
and procedures as the Postal Service 
shall by regulation prescribe, provide for 
a voucher program under which— 
(A) upon application, the Postal 
Service may defray all or any portion 
of the costs associated with conver-
sion from door delivery under this 
section which would otherwise be 
borne by postal patrons; and 
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(B) the Postal Service Competi-
tive Products Fund is made available 
for that purpose. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 
2011(a)(2) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by strik-
ing the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) vouchers under the program de-
scribed in section 214(f)(1) of the Postal 
Reform Act of 2012.’’. 
(g) AUDITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Postal Service— 
(A) shall conduct an annual audit 
to determine whether the Postal 
Service is in compliance with the re-
quirements of subsection (b); and 
(B) shall make such recommenda-
tions as the Inspector General con-
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siders appropriate to improve the ad-
ministration of such subsection. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The audit and rec-
ommendations under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted by the Inspector General 
to— 
(A) the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate. 
(3) INFORMATION.—Upon request, the 
Postal Service shall furnish such infor-
mation as the Inspector General may re-
quire in order to carry out this sub-
section. 
(h) SAVINGS REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that a 
reduction in door delivery points is re-
quired under this section, the Authority 
shall submit a report to Congress, not 
later than 1 year after the date on which 
such reductions commence, describing 
the cost savings realized to the date of 
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such submission and the estimated addi-
tional cost savings anticipated as a result 
of such reductions occurring after such 
submission. The report shall include— 
(A) the measures taken to achieve 
the realized savings and the assump-
tions and methodologies used to com-
pute the estimated cost savings; and 
(B) information with respect to 
what additional measures might be 
necessary to achieve the cost savings 
required under this section. 
(2) REDUCTION
LIMITATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, 
if the Authority determines that the 
measures described pursuant to subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) are 
not feasible, not cost effective, or other-
wise detrimental to the mail delivery pol-
icy of the Postal Service, the Authority 
shall submit a report to Congress stating 
any legislative changes recommended for 
door delivery modernization procedures 
under this section, including increasing 
flexibility of this section’s requirements 
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or the postponement of further conver-
sion. 
Subtitle C—Establishment and En-
forcement of Financial Plan and 
Budget for the Postal Service 
SEC. 221. DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDG-
ET FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND 
BUDGET.—For each fiscal year for which the 
Postal Service is in a control period, the Post-
master General shall develop and submit to 
the Authority a financial plan and budget for 
the Postal Service in accordance with this 
section. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF
FINANCIAL
PLAN
AND 
BUDGET.—A financial plan and budget for the 
Postal Service for a fiscal year shall specify 
the budget for the Postal Service as required 
by section 2009 of title 39, United States Code, 
for the applicable fiscal year and the next 3 
fiscal years, in accordance with the following 
requirements: 
(1) The financial plan and budget 
shall meet the requirements described in 
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subsection (c) to promote the financial 
stability of the Postal Service. 
(2) The financial plan and budget 
shall— 
(A) include the Postal Service’s 
annual budget program (under sec-
tion 2009 of title 39, United States 
Code) and the Postal Service’s plan 
commonly referred to as its ‘‘Inte-
grated Financial Plan’’; 
(B) describe lump-sum expendi-
tures by all categories traditionally 
used by the Postal Service; 
(C) describe capital expenditures 
(together with a schedule of projected 
capital commitments and cash out-
lays of the Postal Service and pro-
posed sources of funding); 
(D) contain estimates of overall 
debt (both outstanding and antici-
pated to be issued); and 
(E) contain cash flow and liquid-
ity forecasts for the Postal Service at 
such intervals as the Authority may 
require. 
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(3) The financial plan and budget 
shall include a statement describing 
methods of estimations and significant 
assumptions. 
(4) The financial plan and budget 
shall include any other provisions and 
shall meet such other criteria as the Au-
thority considers appropriate to meet the 
purposes of this title, including provi-
sions for— 
(A) changes in personnel policies 
and levels for each component of the 
Postal Service; and 
(B) 
management 
initiatives 
to 
promote productivity, improvement 
in the delivery of services, or cost 
savings. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL 
STABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements to 
promote the financial stability of the 
Postal Service applicable to the financial 
plan and budget for a fiscal year are as 
follows: 
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