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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 961 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the computation of 
normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct 
class, and to provide for the disposition of certain excess retirement 
contributions made by the United States Postal Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employ-
ees as a separate and distinct class, and to provide 
for the disposition of certain excess retirement contribu-
tions made by the United States Postal Service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Postal 
Service Stabilization Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. SEPARATE NORMAL-COST PERCENTAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8423(a)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) or (C))’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the product of— 
‘‘(i) the normal-cost percentage, as deter-
mined for employees of the United States Post-
al Service (and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion), multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of basic pay 
payable by the United States Postal Service 
(and the Postal Regulatory Commission), for 
the period involved, to its employees.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall be carried out as soon as practicable, 
except that contributions shall be set in accordance with 
such amendments not later than the first applicable pay 
period beginning in the first fiscal year beginning at least 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN EXCESS CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8423(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6)(A) If, for any fiscal year to which this paragraph 
applies, the amount determined under paragraph (1)(B) 
is less than zero (hereinafter in this paragraph referred 
to as ‘excess postal contributions to FERS’), such amount 
shall be treated in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(i) In the case of the first fiscal year to which 
this paragraph applies and for which excess postal 
contributions to FERS are determined, the amount 
of such excess contributions shall be transferred by 
the Secretary of the Treasury to such account as the 
Secretary considers appropriate so that such amount 
may be used for the payment of obligations issued 
by the United States Postal Service under section 
2005 of title 39. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of any subsequent fiscal year 
to which this paragraph applies and for which excess 
postal contributions to FERS are determined, the 
amount of such excess contributions shall be trans-
ferred by the Secretary of the Treasury to the ac-
count to which are credited any Government con-
tributions which are made by the United States 
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Postal Service under section 8334(a)(1)(B) (or 
which would be made, but for clause (ii) thereof). 
‘‘(B) This paragraph applies to the fiscal year last 
ending before the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(C) In the case of any transfer under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) for a fiscal year corresponding to a fiscal year for 
which a determination of Postal surplus or supplemental 
liability is scheduled to be made under section 8348(h), 
the transfer under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be made be-
fore such determination under section 8348(h) is made.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8348(h)(1)(B)(iii) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘principles.’’ and inserting ‘‘prin-
ciples, including any amounts described in section 
8423(b)(6)(A)(ii).’’. 
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