(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 4 is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 411 and inserting the following: 
‘‘411. Cooperation with other Government agencies; authority for intra-service 
agreement.’’. 
SEC. 303. GROUPING OF NEGOTIATED SERVICE AGREE-
MENTS. 
Section 3622(d)(1), as amended by section 105(b), 
is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by 
section 105(b)), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated by 
section 105(b)), by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) treat similar or related agreements 
between the Postal Service and postal users col-
lectively as a single product for purposes of this 
section to the extent the Commission deems 
such treatment to be consistent with policies of 
this title.’’. 
SEC. 304. SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCESS FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION OF COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS. 
Section 3642(b) is amended (in the matter before 
paragraph (1)) by striking ‘‘in accordance with’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘as expeditiously as practicable. The 
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Commission shall promptly admit a product into the com-
petitive category if it meets’’. 
SEC. 305. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKET-DOMINANT 
CLASSES OF MAIL. 
(a) Section 102 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) ‘class of mail’ means a grouping of simi-
lar products, subject to section 3622(d)(2)(A), as 
further defined by the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion.’’. 
(b) Section 3622(d)(2)(A) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or under section 3643’’ after ‘‘Act’’. 
(c)(1) Subchapter III of chapter 36 is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3643. New classes of mail 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the Postal Serv-
ice or users of the mails, or upon its own initiative, the 
Postal Regulatory Commission may change the classes of 
mail to which the annual limitation under section 
3622(d)(1) applies by adding new classes of mail. The 
Postal Regulatory Commission shall, within 18 months 
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after the date of enactment of this section, promulgate 
(and may from time to time thereafter revise) regulations 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—All determinations by the Postal 
Regulatory Commission under subsection (a) shall be 
made in accordance with the following criteria: 
‘‘(1) NEW MARKET.—Dominant classes of mail 
shall consist of products in the sale of which the 
Postal Service exercises sufficient market power that 
it can effectively set the price of such product sub-
stantially above costs, raise prices significantly, de-
crease quality, or decrease output, without risk of 
losing a significant level of business to other firms 
offering similar products. 
‘‘(2) PRODUCTS COVERED BY POSTAL MONOP-
OLY.—Any new classes of mail containing any prod-
ucts covered by the postal monopoly shall be subject 
to the requirements of section 3622(d)(1). For pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, the term ‘product 
covered by the postal monopoly’ means any product 
the conveyance or transmission of which is reserved 
to the United States under section 1696 of title 18, 
subject to the same exception as set forth in the last 
sentence of section 409(e)(1). 
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‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In mak-
ing any decision under this section, due regard shall 
be given to— 
‘‘(A) the availability and nature of enter-
prises in the private sector engaged in the deliv-
ery of the product involved; 
‘‘(B) the views of those who use the prod-
uct involved on the appropriateness of the pro-
posed action; and 
‘‘(C) the likely impact of the proposed ac-
tion on small business concerns (within the 
meaning of section 3641(h)). 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION
AND PUBLICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Post-
al Service shall, whenever it requests to add a new 
class of mail, file with the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission and publish in the Federal Register a notice 
setting out the basis for its determination that the 
product satisfies the criteria under subsection (b). 
The provisions of section 504(g) shall be available 
with respect to any information required to be filed. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Postal 
Regulatory Commission shall, whenever it changes 
the list of market-dominant classes of mail, prescribe 
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new lists of classes of mail. The revised lists shall 
indicate how and when any previous lists are super-
seded, and shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in section 
3641, a class of mail that involves the physical delivery 
of letters, printed matter, or packages may be offered by 
the Postal Service unless it has been assigned as a new 
class of mail— 
‘‘(1) under this subchapter; or 
‘‘(2) by or under any other provision of law.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
36 is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 3642 the following: 
‘‘3643. New classes of mail.’’. 
SEC. 
306. 
EXPEDITED 
CONSIDERATION 
OF 
SERVICE 
CHANGES BY PRC. 
Section 3661 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) If the Postal Service seeks expedited processing 
for time-sensitive advisory opinions, it shall state such re-
quest in its proposal filed under subsection (b) and the 
Commission, to the extent practical and in accordance 
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