II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3076 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 8 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 3), 2022 
Received; read the first time 
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
FEBRUARY 14, 2022 
Previous actions vitiated and ordered returned to the House 
AN ACT 
To provide stability to and enhance the services of the United 
States Postal Service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Postal Service Reform Act of 2022’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
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. 
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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. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) COMMISSION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Commis-
sion’’ means the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(b) TERMS DEFINED IN TITLE 39, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘competitive product’’, 
‘‘market-dominant product’’, and ‘‘Postal Service’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 102 of title 39, 
United States Code. 
TITLE I—POSTAL SERVICE 
FINANCIAL REFORMS 
SEC. 101. POSTAL SERVICE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
8903b the following: 
‘‘§ 8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘covered Medicare individual’ 
means an individual who is entitled to benefits under 
Medicare part A, but excluding an individual who is 
eligible to enroll under such part under section 1818 
or 1818A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i–2, 1395i–2a); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘initial contract year’ means the 
contract year beginning in January of 2025; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘initial participating carrier’ 
means a carrier that enters into a contract with the 
Office to participate in the Program during the ini-
tial contract year; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Medicare part A’ means part A 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395c et seq.); 
‘‘(5) the term ‘Medicare part B’ means part B 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395j et seq.); 
‘‘(6) the term ‘Office’ means the Office of Per-
sonnel Management; 
‘‘(7) the term ‘Postal Service’ means the United 
States Postal Service; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘Postal Service annuitant’ means 
an annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under 
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this chapter whose Government contribution is re-
quired to be paid under section 8906(g)(2); 
‘‘(9) the term ‘Postal Service employee’ means 
an employee of the Postal Service enrolled in a 
health benefits plan under this chapter whose Gov-
ernment contribution is paid by the Postal Service; 
‘‘(10) the term ‘Postal Service Medicare covered 
annuitant’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) is a Postal Service annuitant; and 
‘‘(B) is a covered Medicare individual; 
‘‘(11) the term ‘Program’ means the Postal 
Service Health Benefits Program established under 
subsection (c) within the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Program; 
‘‘(12) the term ‘Program plan’ means a health 
benefits plan offered under the Program; and 
‘‘(13) the definitions set forth in section 8901 
shall apply, and for the purposes of applying such 
definitions in carrying out this section, a Postal 
Service employee and Postal Service annuitant shall 
be treated in the same manner as an employee and 
an annuitant (as those terms are defined in para-
graphs (1) and (3), respectively, of section 8901), 
consistent with the requirements of this section. 
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The requirements under this 
section shall— 
‘‘(1) apply to the initial contract year and each 
contract year thereafter; and 
‘‘(2) supersede any other provision of this chap-
ter inconsistent with such requirements, as deter-
mined by the Office. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE POSTAL SERVICE 
HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office shall 
establish the Postal Service Health Benefits 
Program within the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Program under this chapter, under 
which the Office may contract with carriers to 
offer health benefits plans as described under 
this section. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY
OF
CHAPTER
RE-
QUIREMENTS TO CONTRACTS.—Except as other-
wise provided in this section, any contract de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be consistent 
with the requirements of this chapter for con-
tracts under section 8902 with carriers to offer 
health benefits plans other than under this sec-
tion. 
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‘‘(C) PROGRAM
PLANS
AND
PARTICIPA-
TION.—The Program shall— 
‘‘(i) to the greatest extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(I) with respect to each plan 
provided by a carrier under this sub-
chapter in which the total enrollment 
includes, in the contract year begin-
ning in January 2023, 1,500 or more 
enrollees who are Postal Service em-
ployees or Postal Service annuitants, 
include a plan offered by that carrier 
with equivalent benefits and cost-shar-
ing requirements as provided under 
paragraph (2), except that the Direc-
tor of the Office may exempt any 
comprehensive medical plan from this 
requirement; and 
‘‘(II) include plans offered by any 
other carrier determined appropriate 
by the Office; 
‘‘(ii) provide for enrollment in Pro-
gram plans of Postal Service employees 
and Postal Service annuitants, in accord-
ance with subsection (d); 
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‘‘(iii) provide for enrollment in a Pro-
gram plan as an individual, for self plus 
one, or for self and family; and 
‘‘(iv) not provide for enrollment in a 
Program plan of an individual who is not 
a Postal Service employee or Postal Service 
annuitant (except as a member of family of 
such an employee or annuitant or as pro-
vided under paragraph (4)). 
‘‘(2) COVERAGE WITH EQUIVALENT BENEFITS 
AND COST-SHARING.—In the initial contract year, 
the Office shall ensure that each carrier partici-
pating in the Program provides under the Program 
plans offered by the carrier benefits and cost-sharing 
requirements that are equivalent to the benefits and 
cost-sharing requirements under the health benefits 
plans offered by the carrier under this chapter that 
are not Program plans, except that prescription drug 
benefits and cost-sharing requirements may differ 
between the Program plans and other health benefits 
plans offered by the carrier under this chapter to the 
extent needed to integrate the Medicare part D pre-
scription drug benefits coverage required under sub-
section (h)(2). 
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‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Ex-
cept as otherwise set forth in this section, the provi-
sions of this chapter applicable to health benefits 
plans offered by carriers under section 8903 or 
8903a shall apply to plans offered under the Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
OF
CONTINUATION
COV-
ERAGE.—In accordance with rules established by the 
Office, section 8905a shall apply to health benefits 
plans offered under this section in the same manner 
as such section applies to other health benefits plans 
offered under this chapter. 
‘‘(d) ELECTION OF COVERAGE.—Each Postal Service 
employee and Postal Service annuitant who elects to re-
ceive health benefits coverage under this chapter— 
‘‘(1) shall be subject to the requirements of this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) may not enroll in any other health benefits 
plan offered under any other section of this chapter. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT
OF MEDICARE ENROLLMENT 
FOR CERTAIN ANNUITANTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEM-
BERS.— 
‘‘(1) MEDICARE
COVERED
ANNUITANTS.—Ex-
cept as provided under paragraph (3), a Postal Serv-
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ice Medicare covered annuitant may not enroll in a 
Program plan unless the annuitant is entitled to 
benefits under Medicare part A and enrolled in 
Medicare part B. 
‘‘(2) MEDICARE COVERED FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
Except as provided under paragraph (3), in the case 
of a Postal Service annuitant who is entitled to ben-
efits under Medicare part A and required under this 
subsection to enroll in Medicare part B to enroll 
under the Program, if a member of family of such 
Postal Service annuitant is a covered Medicare indi-
vidual, that member of family may not enroll under 
the Program as a member of family of the Postal 
Service annuitant unless that member of family is 
entitled to benefits under Medicare part A and en-
rolled in Medicare part B. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), as applicable, 
shall not apply with respect to an individual in 
the following cases: 
‘‘(i) CURRENT POSTAL SERVICE AN-
NUITANTS.—The individual, as of January 
1, 2025, is a Postal Service annuitant who 
is not both entitled to benefits under Medi-
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care part A and enrolled in Medicare part 
B. 
‘‘(ii) CURRENT EMPLOYEES AGED 64 
AND OVER.—The individual, as of January 
1, 2025, is a Postal Service employee and 
is at least 64 years of age. 
‘‘(iii) POSTAL
SERVICE
MEDICARE 
COVERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEM-
BERS
RESIDING
ABROAD.—For any con-
tract year with respect to which the indi-
vidual is a Postal Service Medicare covered 
annuitant or a member of family of a Post-
al Service Medicare covered annuitant and 
resides outside the United States (which 
includes the States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands), pro-
vided that the individual demonstrates 
such residency to the Postal Service in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the 
Postal Service. 
‘‘(iv) POSTAL
SERVICE
MEDICARE 
COVERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEM-
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BERS ENROLLED UNDER VA COVERAGE.— 
The individual— 
‘‘(I) is a Postal Service Medicare 
covered annuitant or a member of 
family of a Postal Service Medicare 
covered annuitant; and 
‘‘(II) is enrolled in health care 
benefits provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs under subchapter 
II of chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(v) POSTAL SERVICE MEDICARE COV-
ERED ANNUITANTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS 
ELIGIBLE FOR IHS HEALTH SERVICES.— 
The individual— 
‘‘(I) is a Postal Service Medicare 
covered annuitant or a member of 
family of a Postal Service Medicare 
covered annuitant; and 
‘‘(II) is eligible for health services 
from the Indian Health Service. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS FOR VA AND IHS EX-
CEPTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Office 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Vet-
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erans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and the Postmaster General, 
promulgate any regulations necessary to imple-
ment clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) LIST
OF
INDIVIDUALS
RESIDING 
ABROAD.—The Postal Service shall provide a 
list of individuals who satisfy the exception 
under subparagraph (A)(iii) to the Office. 
‘‘(4) PROCESS FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION 
AND DISSEMINATION.—The Postal Service and the 
Office, in consultation with the Social Security Ad-
ministration and the Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid Services, shall establish a process that will en-
able the Postal Service to timely inform Postal Serv-
ice employees, Postal Service annuitants, and mem-
bers of family of such employees and annuitants of 
the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) in order to be eligible to enroll in Program plans 
under this section. 
‘‘(f) TRANSITIONAL OPEN SEASON.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘current option’, with re-
spect to an individual, means the option under 
a plan under this chapter in which the indi-
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vidual is enrolled during the contract year pre-
ceding the initial contract year; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘current plan’, with respect 
to an individual, means the plan under this 
chapter in which the individual is enrolled dur-
ing the contract year preceding the initial con-
tract year. 
‘‘(2) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), in the case of an individual 
who is a Postal Service employee or Postal 
Service annuitant eligible to enroll in a Pro-
gram plan under subsection (d), who is enrolled 
in a current plan, and who does not enroll in 
a Program plan during the open season that 
immediately precedes the initial contract year, 
the Office shall automatically enroll the indi-
vidual, as of the start of the initial contract 
year, in a Program plan offered by the carrier 
of the individual’s current plan. 
‘‘(B) CARRIERS OFFERING MULTIPLE PRO-
GRAM PLANS OR OPTIONS.—If the carrier of the 
current plan of an individual described in sub-
paragraph (A) offers more than 1 Program 
plan or option, the Office, in carrying out sub-
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paragraph (A), shall automatically enroll the in-
dividual in the plan and option that provide 
coverage with equivalent benefits and cost shar-
ing, as described in subsection (c)(2), to the in-
dividual’s current plan and current option. 
‘‘(C) CARRIERS NOT OFFERING PROGRAM 
PLANS.—If the carrier of the current plan of an 
individual described in subparagraph (A) does 
not offer a Program plan, the Office, in car-
rying out subparagraph (A), shall automatically 
enroll the individual in the lowest-cost nation-
wide plan option within the Program that is not 
a high deductible health plan and does not 
charge an association or membership fee. 
‘‘(g) OPM REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Director 
of the Office shall issue regulations to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In issuing regulations 
under paragraph (1), the Director of the Office shall 
consult, as necessary, with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the 
Postmaster General. 
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‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) any provisions necessary to imple-
ment this section; 
‘‘(B) a process under which Postal Service 
annuitants and affected family members are 
timely informed of the enrollment requirements 
and may request, in writing, any additional en-
rollment information; 
‘‘(C) provisions under which a Postal Serv-
ice employee or Postal Service annuitant en-
rolled under the Program may request a belated 
change of plan and may be prospectively en-
rolled in the plan of the employee’s or annu-
itant’s choice; and 
‘‘(D) provisions for individuals to cancel 
coverage under the Program in writing to the 
Postal Service because the individuals choose 
not to enroll in, or to disenroll from, Medicare 
part B. 
‘‘(h) MEDICARE COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office shall require 
each Program plan to provide benefits for covered 
Medicare individuals pursuant to a coordination of 
benefits method approved by the Office. 
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‘‘(2) MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG 
BENEFITS.—The Office shall require each Program 
plan to provide prescription drug benefits to any 
Postal Service annuitant and member of family of 
such annuitant who is a part D eligible individual 
(as defined in section 1860D–1(a)(3)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act) through employment-based retiree 
health coverage (as defined in section 1860D– 
22(c)(1) of such Act) through— 
‘‘(A) a prescription drug plan (as defined 
in section 1860D–41(a)(14) of such Act); or 
‘‘(B) contracts between such a Program 
plan and PDP sponsor, as defined in section 
1860D–41(a)(13) of such Act, of such a pre-
scription drug plan. 
‘‘(i) POSTAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (k), 
for purposes of applying section 8906(b) to the 
Postal Service, the weighted average shall be cal-
culated in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 
‘‘(2) WEIGHTED AVERAGE CALCULATION.—Not 
later than October 1 of each year (beginning with 
2024), the Office shall determine the weighted aver-
age of the rates established pursuant to subsection 
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(c)(2) for Program plans that will be in effect dur-
ing the following contract year with respect to— 
‘‘(A) enrollments for self only; 
‘‘(B) enrollments for self plus one; and 
‘‘(C) enrollments for self and family. 
‘‘(3) WEIGHTING
IN
COMPUTING
RATES
FOR 
INITIAL
CONTRACT
YEAR.—In determining such 
weighted average of the rates for the initial contract 
year, the Office shall take into account (for purposes 
of section 8906(a)(2)) the enrollment of Postal Serv-
ice employees and annuitants in the health benefits 
plans offered by the initial participating carriers as 
of March 31, 2023. 
‘‘(4) PAYMENT
OF
LATE
ENROLLMENT
PEN-
ALTIES.—The Postal Service may direct the Office 
to pay the amounts required by an agreement be-
tween the United States Postal Service and the Sec-
retary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services under section 1839(e)(1) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)(1)) from the Postal 
Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established 
under section 8909a until depleted and thereafter 
shall pay such amounts from the Postal Service 
Fund established under section 2003 of title 39. 
‘‘(j) RESERVES.— 
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‘‘(1) SEPARATE RESERVES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall en-
sure that each Program plan maintains sepa-
rate reserves (including a separate contingency 
reserve) with respect to the enrollees in the 
Program plan in accordance with section 8909. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 8909 TO 
CONTINGENCY
RESERVES.—All provisions of 
section 8909 relating to contingency reserves 
shall apply to contingency reserves of Program 
plans in the same manner as to the contingency 
reserves of other plans under this chapter, ex-
cept to the extent that such provisions are in-
consistent with the requirements of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) REFERENCES.—For purposes of the 
Program, each reference to ‘the Government’ in 
section 8909 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the Postal Service. 
‘‘(D) AMOUNTS
TO
BE
CREDITED.—The 
reserves (including the separate contingency re-
serve) maintained by each Program plan shall 
be credited with a proportionate amount of the 
funds in the reserves for health benefits plans 
offered by the carrier. 
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‘‘(2) DISCONTINUATION OF PROGRAM PLAN.— 
In applying section 8909(e) relating to a Program 
plan that is discontinued, the Office shall credit the 
separate Postal Service contingency reserve main-
tained under paragraph (1) for that plan only to the 
separate Postal Service contingency reserves of the 
Program plans continuing under this chapter. 
‘‘(k) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed as affecting section 1005(f) 
of title 39 regarding variations, additions, or substitutions 
to the provisions of this chapter. 
‘‘(l) HEALTH BENEFITS EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘navigator’ means an employee of the Postal Service 
or of a contractor of the Postal Service who is des-
ignated by the Postal Service or contractor to carry 
out activities under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Postal Service shall establish a Health Benefits 
Education Program. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 
Health Benefits Education Program established 
under paragraph (2), the Postal Service shall— 
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‘‘(A) notify Postal Service annuitants and 
Postal Service employees about the Postal Serv-
ice Health Benefits Program established under 
subsection (c)(1); 
‘‘(B) provide information regarding the 
Postal Service Health Benefits Program and 
the requirements of this section to Postal Serv-
ice annuitants and Postal Service employees, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) a description of the health care 
options available under such Program; 
‘‘(ii) the enrollment provisions of sub-
section (d); and 
‘‘(iii) the requirement that Postal 
Service annuitants and their family mem-
bers be enrolled in Medicare under sub-
section (e); 
‘‘(C) respond and provide answers to any 
inquiry from such employees and annuitants 
about the Postal Service Health Benefits Pro-
gram, in consultation with the Office as nec-
essary; 
‘‘(D) in consultation with the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social 
Security Administration, provide information to 
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individuals about enrollment under the Medi-
care program under title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act, and refer individuals to the Cen-
ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the 
Social Security Administration as necessary for 
additional enrollment information; and 
‘‘(E) carry out, or provide for through con-
tract or other arrangement, the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (5). 
‘‘(4) INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) INFORMATION FROM OPM.—The Of-
fice shall timely provide the Postal Service with 
such information as necessary to conduct the 
Health Benefits Education Program. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
WITH
OPM.—The 
Postal Service shall coordinate with the Office, 
in consultation with the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services and the Social Security Ad-
ministration, to obtain and confirm the accu-
racy of information as the Postal Service deter-
mines to be necessary to conduct the Health 
Benefits Education Program. 
‘‘(5) NAVIGATOR ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described 
in this paragraph, with respect to Program 
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plans and the health care options available 
under the Program, are the following: 
‘‘(i) Educational activities for annu-
itants and employees of the Postal Service 
to raise awareness of the availability of 
Program plans and requirements for en-
rolling in such plans, including require-
ments to be entitled to Medicare part A 
and enroll in Medicare part B. 
‘‘(ii) Distribution of fair and impartial 
information concerning enrollment in such 
plans. 
‘‘(iii) Facilitation of enrollment in 
such plans. 
‘‘(iv) Provision of information in a 
manner that is culturally and linguistically 
appropriate to the needs of the population 
being served by the Program plans. 
‘‘(B) STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Serv-
ice shall establish standards for navigators 
carrying out the activities under this para-
graph to— 
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‘‘(I) engage in the navigator ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(II) avoid conflicts of interest. 
‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The standards es-
tablished under clause (i) shall provide 
that a navigator may not— 
‘‘(I) be a health insurance car-
rier; or 
‘‘(II) receive any consideration 
directly or indirectly from any health 
insurance carrier in connection with 
the enrollment of any individual in a 
Program plan. 
‘‘(C) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION 
AND
SERVICES.—The Postal Service, in con-
sultation as necessary with the Office and the 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall 
develop standards to ensure that information 
made available by navigators under this para-
graph is fair, accurate, and impartial. 
‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Postmaster General shall issue regula-
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tions to establish the Health Benefits Edu-
cation Program required under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued 
under subparagraph (A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) provisions for the notification of 
Postal Service annuitants and Postal Serv-
ice employees about the Program, includ-
ing a description of the available health 
benefits options, including a process for 
notifying Postal Service employees who be-
come eligible for Medicare part B and 
Postal Service Medicare covered annuitants 
about their choices; 
‘‘(ii) provisions for notifying Postal 
Service annuitants, Postal Service employ-
ees, and their family members of the re-
quirements under subsection (e) to enroll 
in Medicare as a condition of eligibility to 
enroll in the Program; and 
‘‘(iii) a process, developed in consulta-
tion with the Social Security Administra-
tion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, and the Office, for addressing 
any inquiry from Postal Service annuitants 
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and Postal Service employees about the 
Program or Medicare enrollment.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) SERVICE
BENEFIT
PLANS.—Section 
8903(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘two levels of benefits’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at least 2 levels of benefits for 
enrollees under this chapter generally and at 
least 2 levels of benefits for enrollees under the 
Postal Service Health Benefits Program estab-
lished under section 8903c’’. 
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 
sections for chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 8903b the following: 
‘‘8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program.’’. 
(C) APPLICATION
TO
CERTAIN
POSTAL 
SERVICE ANNUITANTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
Section 1862(b)(1)(E) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(E)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN POST-
AL SERVICE ANNUITANTS OR FAMILY MEM-
BERS.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit a group health plan from deter-
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section 1818 of such Act or 1818A of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395i–2, 1395i–2a); and 
‘‘(B) is not enrolled under this part, the indi-
vidual may elect to be enrolled under this part dur-
ing a special enrollment period during the 6–month 
period beginning on April 1, 2024. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘Postal Service an-
nuitant’ means an annuitant enrolled in a health benefits 
plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
whose Government contribution is required to be paid 
under section 8906(g)(2) of such title.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) 
PART
A
ENROLLMENT.—Section 
1818(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i–2(c)) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(except sub-
section (f) thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘(except sub-
sections (f) and (o) thereof)’’. 
(B) COVERAGE PERIOD UNDER PART B.— 
Section 1838 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395q) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of 
an individual who enrolls during the special enrollment pe-
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riod pursuant to section 1837(o), the coverage period shall 
begin on January 1, 2025.’’. 
(3) TREATMENT OF PART B LATE ENROLLMENT 
PENALTY
FOR
INDIVIDUALS
ENROLLING
DURING 
SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.—Section 1839(e) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(as de-
fined in paragraph (3)(A))’’ and by inserting 
‘‘(as defined in paragraph (3)(A)(i)). The Sec-
retary shall enter into an agreement with the 
United States Postal Service under which the 
United States Postal Service agrees to pay on 
a quarterly or other periodic basis to the Sec-
retary (to be deposited in the Treasury to the 
credit of the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund) an amount equal to the 
amount of the part B late enrollment premium 
increases with respect to the premiums for eligi-
ble individuals (as defined in paragraph 
(3)(A)(ii)).’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (3)(A) to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘eligible individual’ means 
an individual who is enrolled under this part B 
and who— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an agreement en-
tered into under the first sentence of para-
graph (1), is within a class of individuals 
specified in such agreement; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an agreement en-
tered into under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1), is so enrolled under this 
part pursuant to the special enrollment pe-
riod under section 1837(o)’’. 
(4) PART D EGWP CONTRACTING CONFORMING 
AMENDMENT.—Section 1860D–22(b) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–132(b)) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and shall be applied in a manner to facili-
tate the offering of prescription drug benefits under 
a Program plan under section 8903c of title 5, 
United States Code, as required under subsection 
(h)(2) of such section, through employment-based 
retiree health coverage through— 
‘‘(1) a prescription drug plan; or 
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‘‘(2) contracts between such a Program plan 
and the PDP sponsor of such a prescription drug 
plan.’’. 
(c) INFORMATION SHARING AND DISSEMINATION RE-
QUIRED FOR SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND EN-
FORCEMENT
OF
PART
B ENROLLMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘Medicare part A’’, ‘‘Medicare part B’’, ‘‘Of-
fice’’, ‘‘Postal Service’’, and ‘‘Postal Service annu-
itant’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 8903c of title 5, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(2) INFORMATION SHARING BY OPM.—The Of-
fice shall, by regulation, establish a process for pro-
viding such information as is necessary to the Social 
Security Administration regarding Postal Service an-
nuitants (and the family members of such annu-
itants) who may be eligible to enroll under Medicare 
part B during the special enrollment period de-
scribed in subsection (o) of section 1837 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p), as added by 
subsection (b), or who may be subject to the enroll-
ment requirements described in paragraphs (1) and 
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(2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(3) INFORMATION SHARING BY SSA.—The So-
cial Security Administration shall provide to the Of-
fice and the Postal Service information regarding 
whether a Postal Service annuitant, or a family 
member of such an annuitant, is entitled to benefits 
under Medicare part A and enrolled under Medicare 
part B, to assist the Office and the Postal Service 
in determining— 
(A) which Postal Service annuitants, and 
family members of such annuitants, may be eli-
gible to enroll under Medicare part B during 
the special enrollment period described in para-
graph (2); and 
(B) whether Postal Service annuitants, and 
family members of such annuitants, satisfy the 
enrollment requirements described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 
5, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a). 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) CMS 
APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
‘‘the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services— 
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Program Management Account’’, out of any monies 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$7,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available 
until expended, for purposes of carrying out this sec-
tion, including the amendments made by this sec-
tion. 
(2) SSA APPROPRIATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Social Security Administration, out of any mon-
ies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain 
available until the date that is 1 year after the 
last day of the special enrollment period de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2), for purposes of car-
rying out this section, with the exception of car-
rying out subsection (c)(3) for the purposes set 
forth in subsection (c)(3)(B), including the 
amendments made by this section. 
(B) RELATION
TO
OTHER
APPROPRIA-
TION.—The amounts appropriated under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be in addition to the Social 
Security Administration’s Limitation on Admin-
istrative Expenditure appropriations. 
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(3) OPM 
APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Office of Personnel Management, out of any 
monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$70,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain avail-
able until expended, for purposes of carrying out 
this section, including the amendments made by this 
section. 
(4) FUNDS CREDITED BY POSTAL SERVICE.— 
The United States Postal Service shall deposit an 
amount equal to the sum of the amounts appro-
priated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) into the 
Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt from the Postal 
Service Fund in fiscal year 2022. 
(5) REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERIODIC SSA DATA 
SHARING.— 
(A) 
INTER-AGENCY
AGREEMENT.—The 
Commissioner of Social Security shall enter into 
an agreement with the Director of the Office 
under which the Director pays the Commis-
sioner from the Postal Service administrative 
reserve the full costs (including systems and ad-
ministrative costs) of providing the information 
described in subsection (c)(3) for the purpose 
set forth in subsection (c)(3)(B). 
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(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director 
of the Office— 
(i) shall report the amount paid under 
subparagraph (A) annually to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(ii) may satisfy the requirement under 
clause (i) by including the amount paid 
under subparagraph (A) in any other an-
nual report submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 102. USPS FAIRNESS ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘USPS Fairness Act’’. 
(b) RATIONAL BENEFITS FUNDING AND ACCOUNT-
ING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8909a of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking sub-
section (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than June 30, 2026, and by June 
30 of each succeeding year, the Office shall compute, for 
the most recently concluded fiscal year, the amount (if 
any) that Government contributions required to be paid 
from the Fund under section 8906(g)(2)(A) exceeded the 
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estimated net claims costs under the enrollment of the in-
dividuals described in section 8906(g)(2)(A). 
‘‘(2) Not later than September 30 of each year in 
which the Office makes a computation under paragraph 
(1), the United States Postal Service shall pay into the 
Fund the amount (if any) of the excess computed under 
such paragraph. 
‘‘(e) Any computation required under section 3654(b) 
of title 39 shall be based on— 
‘‘(1) the net present value of the future net 
claims costs with respect to— 
‘‘(A) current annuitants of the United 
States Postal Service as of the end of the fiscal 
year ending on September 30 of the relevant re-
porting year; and 
‘‘(B) current employees of the United 
States Postal Service who would, as of Sep-
tember 30 of that year— 
‘‘(i) be eligible to become annuitants 
pursuant to section 8901(3)(A)(i) or (ii); 
and 
‘‘(ii) if they were retired as of that 
date, meet the criteria for coverage of an-
nuitants under section 8905(b); 
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‘‘(2) economic and actuarial methods and as-
sumptions consistent with the methods and assump-
tions used in determining the Postal surplus or sup-
plemental liability under section 8348(h); and 
‘‘(3) any other methods and assumptions, in-
cluding a health care cost trend rate, that the Direc-
tor of the Office determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(f) After consultation with the United States Postal 
Service, the Office shall promulgate any regulations the 
Office determines necessary under this subsection. 
‘‘(g) For purposes of this section, the term ‘estimated 
net claims costs’ shall mean the difference between— 
‘‘(1) the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the estimated costs incurred by a car-
rier in providing health services to, paying for 
health services provided to, or reimbursing ex-
penses for health services provided to, annu-
itants of the United States Postal Service and 
any other persons covered under the enrollment 
of such annuitants; and 
‘‘(B) an amount of indirect expenses rea-
sonably allocable to the provision, payment, or 
reimbursement described in subparagraph (A), 
as determined by the Office; and 
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‘‘(2) the amount withheld from the annuity of 
or paid by annuitants of the United States Postal 
Service under section 8906.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Benefit’’ and inserting 
‘‘Benefits’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) CANCELLATION OF PAYMENTS.—Any pay-
ment required from the Postal Service under section 
8909a of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act that 
remains unpaid as of such date of enactment is can-
celed. 
(2) EFFECT OF THIS ACT.—In any determina-
tion relating to the future liability for retiree health 
benefits of the United States Postal Service or the 
Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, the 
Office of Personnel Management shall take into ac-
count the actual and reasonably expected effects of 
this Act. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS FROM SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 
FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 2903. Use of funds from sale of property 
‘‘In the event that the Postal Service permanently 
ceases operations, any funds derived from the sale of any 
real property owned by the Postal Service shall be used 
to pay any outstanding liability with respect to the salaries 
and expenses of any Postal Service employee. The balance 
of any remaining funds shall be deposited into the Postal 
Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under 
section 8909a of title 5.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions of such chapter is amended by adding after the 
item relating to section 2902 the following new item: 
‘‘2903. Use of funds from sale of property.’’. 
SEC. 103. NONPOSTAL SERVICES. 
(a) NONPOSTAL SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after chapter 36 
the following: 
‘‘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. 
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‘‘§ 3701. Purpose 
‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to enable the Postal 
Service to increase its net revenues through specific non-
postal products and services that are expressly authorized 
by this chapter. 
‘‘§ 3702. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘nonpostal services’ is limited to 
services offered by the Postal Service that are ex-
pressly authorized by this chapter and are not postal 
products or services; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘costs attributable’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3631; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘year’ means a fiscal year; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘local government’ means a coun-
ty, municipality, city, town, township, local public 
authority, school district, special district, intrastate 
district, council of governments, or regional or inter-
state government entity; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘State government’ includes the 
government of the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
other territory or possession of the United States; 
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‘‘(6) the term ‘tribal government’ means the 
government of an Indian tribe, as that term is de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304); 
and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘United States’, when used in a 
geographical sense, means the States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
‘‘§ 3703. Postal Service program for State govern-
ments 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this title, the Postal Service may establish a pro-
gram to enter into agreements with an agency of any State 
government, local government, or tribal government to 
provide property or nonpostal services to the public on be-
half of such agencies for non-commercial purposes, but 
only if— 
‘‘(1) such property or nonpostal services— 
‘‘(A) provide enhanced value to the public, 
such as by lowering the cost or raising the qual-
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ity of such services or by making such services 
more accessible; 
‘‘(B) do not interfere with or detract from 
the value of postal services, including by— 
‘‘(i) harming the cost and efficiency of 
postal services; and 
‘‘(ii) unreasonably restricting access 
to postal retail service, such as customer 
waiting time and access to parking; and 
‘‘(2) such agreements provide a net contribution 
to the Postal Service, defined as reimbursement that 
covers at least 100 percent of the costs attributable 
to all property and nonpostal services provided under 
each relevant agreement in each year, except that 
agreements determined to be substantially similar by 
the Postal Service with the concurrence of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission shall be reviewed based on 
their collective revenue and costs attributable. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not more than 90 days after 
offering a service under the program, the Postal Service 
shall make available to the public on its website— 
‘‘(1) the agreement with the agency regarding 
such service; and 
‘‘(2) a business plan that describes the specific 
property or nonpostal service to be provided, the en-
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hanced value to the public, and terms of reimburse-
ment to the Postal Service. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The Postal Service may 
not establish the program under subsection (a) unless the 
Governors of the Postal Service approve such program by 
a recorded vote that is publicly disclosed on the Postal 
Service website with a majority of the Governors then in 
office voting for approval. 
‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsection (b) 
shall not be construed as requiring the Postal Service to 
disclose to the public any information— 
‘‘(1) described in section 410(c); or 
‘‘(2) exempt from public disclosure under sec-
tion 552(b) of title 5. 
‘‘§ 3704. Postal Service program for other Govern-
ment agencies 
‘‘The Postal Service may establish a program to pro-
vide property and nonpostal services to other Government 
agencies within the meaning of section 411, but only if 
such program provides a net contribution to the Postal 
Service, defined as reimbursement that covers at least 100 
percent of the costs attributable for property and non-
postal services provided by the Postal Service in each year 
to such agencies. 
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‘‘§ 3705. Transparency and accountability for non-
postal services 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the last day of each year, the Postal Service 
shall submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission a 
report that analyzes costs, revenues, rates, and qual-
ity of service for each agreement or substantially 
similar set of agreements for the provision of prop-
erty or nonpostal services under section 3703 or the 
program as a whole under section 3704, and any 
other nonpostal service authorized under this chap-
ter, using such methodologies as the Commission 
may prescribe, and in sufficient detail to dem-
onstrate compliance with the requirements of this 
chapter. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORTING
MATTER.—A report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall include any non-
public annex, the working papers, and any other 
supporting matter of the Postal Service and the In-
spector General related to the information submitted 
in such report. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT AND FORM OF REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory 
Commission shall, by regulation, prescribe the con-
tent and form of the report required under sub-
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section (a). In prescribing such regulations, the 
Commission shall give due consideration to— 
‘‘(A) providing the public with timely, ade-
quate information to assess compliance; 
‘‘(B) avoiding unnecessary or unwarranted 
administrative effort and expense on the part of 
the Postal Service; and 
‘‘(C) protecting the confidentiality of infor-
mation that is commercially sensitive or is ex-
empt from public disclosure under section 
552(b) of title 5. 
‘‘(2) REVISED REQUIREMENTS.—The Commis-
sion may, on its own motion or on request of any 
interested party, initiate proceedings to improve the 
quality, accuracy, or completeness of Postal Service 
data required by the Commission if— 
‘‘(A) the attribution of costs or revenues to 
property, products, or services under this chap-
ter has become significantly inaccurate or can 
be significantly improved; 
‘‘(B) the quality of service data provided to 
the Commission for a report under this chapter 
has become significantly inaccurate or can be 
significantly improved; or 
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‘‘(C) such revisions are, in the judgment of 
the Commission, otherwise necessitated by the 
public interest. 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The Inspector General shall regularly 
audit the data collection systems and procedures used in 
collecting information and preparing the report required 
under subsection (a). The results of any such audit shall 
be submitted to the Postal Service and the Postal Regu-
latory Commission. 
‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Postal Service deter-
mines that any document or portion of a document, 
or other matter, which it provides to the Postal Reg-
ulatory Commission in a nonpublic annex under this 
section contains information described in section 
410(c), or exempt from public disclosure under sec-
tion 552(b) of title 5, the Postal Service shall, at the 
time of providing such matter to the Commission, 
notify the Commission of its determination, in writ-
ing, and describe with particularity the documents 
(or portions of documents) or other matter for which 
confidentiality is sought and the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Any information or other 
matter described in paragraph (1) to which the 
Commission gains access under this section shall be 
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subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 504(g) 
in the same way as if the Commission had received 
notification with respect to such matter under sec-
tion 504(g)(1). 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
Upon receiving a report required under subsection 
(a), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall prompt-
ly— 
‘‘(A) provide an opportunity for comment 
on such report by any interested party; and 
‘‘(B) appoint an officer of the Commission 
to represent the interests of the general public. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE OR NON-
COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 90 days after receiv-
ing a report required under subsection (a), the Post-
al Regulatory Commission shall make a written de-
termination as to whether the activities carried out 
pursuant to this chapter during the applicable year 
were or were not in compliance with the provisions 
of this chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, any 
case in which the requirements for coverage of costs 
attributable have not been met shall be considered to 
be a case of noncompliance. If, with respect to a 
year, no instance of noncompliance is found to have 
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occurred, the determination shall be to that effect. 
Such determination of noncompliance shall be in-
cluded with the annual compliance determination re-
quired under section 3653. 
‘‘(3) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a timely written de-
termination of noncompliance is made under para-
graph (2), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 
take appropriate action. If the requirements for cov-
erage of costs attributable specified by this chapter 
are not met, the Commission shall, within 60 days 
after the determination, prescribe remedial action to 
restore compliance as soon as practicable, including 
the full restoration of revenue shortfalls during the 
following year. The Commission may order the Post-
al Service to discontinue a nonpostal service under 
section 3703 that persistently fails to meet cost cov-
erage requirements. 
‘‘(4) DELIBERATE
NONCOMPLIANCE.—In the 
case of deliberate noncompliance by the Postal Serv-
ice with the requirements of this chapter, the Postal 
Regulatory Commission may order, based on the na-
ture, circumstances, extent, and seriousness of the 
noncompliance, a fine (in the amount specified by 
the Commission in its order) for each incidence of 
such noncompliance. All receipts from fines imposed 
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under this subsection shall be deposited in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Postal Regu-
latory Commission shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(g) EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT AUTHORITY.—The 
Postal Service may conduct market tests of agreements 
pursuant to section 3703 and section 3704 of this chapter 
subject to the same terms and conditions described in sec-
tion 3641 of this title. For the purposes of a market test, 
the cost coverage requirements in sections 3703 and 3704 
of this chapter shall not apply.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
chapters for part IV of title 39, United States Code, 
is amended by adding after the item relating to 
chapter 36 the following: 
‘‘37. Nonpostal services ................................................................... 3701’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION 404.—Section 404(e) of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended in paragraph (2), 
by inserting after ‘‘subsection’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
any nonpostal products or services authorized by 
chapter 37’’. 
(2) SECTION 411.—The last sentence of section 
411 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘including reimbursability’’ and inserting 
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‘‘including reimbursability within the limitations of 
chapter 37’’. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
EXISTING
NONPOSTAL 
SERVICES.—All individual nonpostal services, pro-
vided directly or through licensing, that are contin-
ued pursuant to section 404(e) of title 39, United 
States Code, shall be considered to be expressly au-
thorized by chapter 37 of such title (as added by 
subsection (a)(1)) and shall be subject to the re-
quirements of section 3705, subsections (a) through 
(d). 
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE 
OPERATIONAL REFORMS 
SEC. 201. PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3691 the following: 
‘‘§ 3692. Performance targets and transparency 
‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE TARGETS.—Each year, to en-
sure that mail service for postal customers meets the serv-
ice standards for market-dominant products, established 
under section 3691, the Postal Service shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 60 days after the beginning 
of the fiscal year in which they will apply, establish 
and provide to the Postal Regulatory Commission 
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reasonable targets for performance for each product; 
and 
‘‘(2) provide the previous fiscal year’s perform-
ance targets in its Annual Compliance Report to the 
Postal Regulatory Commission for evaluation of 
compliance for each product. 
‘‘(b) POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION DETER-
MINATION OF CERTAIN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.— 
Not later than 90 days after first receiving the perform-
ance targets under subsection (a)(1), the Postal Regu-
latory Commission shall provide to the Postal Service— 
‘‘(1) requirements for the Postal Service to 
publish nationwide, regional, and local delivery area 
performance information in accordance with sub-
section (c)(2) that— 
‘‘(A) are consistent with the organizational 
structure of the delivery network of the Postal 
Service (including at the District and Area or-
ganizational levels, or the functional equiva-
lents, and, to the extent practicable, at the U.S. 
ZIP Code Area level); 
‘‘(B) reflect the most granular geographic 
level of performance information appropriate 
for the Postal Service to publish; and 
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‘‘(C) includes time period segments for the 
published geographic levels to satisfy the pub-
lishing requirements of subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) of subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(2) recommendations for any modifications to 
the Postal Service’s measurement systems necessary 
to measure and publish the performance information 
under subsection (c)(2) that the Postal Regulatory 
Commission deems relevant. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 
develop and maintain a publicly available Website 
with an interactive web-tool that provides perform-
ance information for market-dominant products that 
is updated on a weekly basis. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.—The per-
formance information provided for a market-domi-
nant product on the Website shall include— 
‘‘(A) the type of market-dominant product; 
‘‘(B) performance information for different 
geographic areas, consistent with subsection 
(b); 
‘‘(C) performance information for different 
time periods, including annual, quarterly, 
monthly, and weekly segments; 
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‘‘(D) comparisons of performance informa-
tion for market-dominant products to perform-
ance information for previous time periods to 
facilitate identification of performance trends; 
and 
‘‘(E) the performance targets then in ef-
fect, and the performance targets for the pre-
vious fiscal year, as established under sub-
section (a)(1). 
‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIBILITY.—The Website shall 
include plain language descriptions of the elements 
required under paragraph (2) and information on 
the collection process, measurement methodology, 
completeness, accuracy, and validity of the perform-
ance information provided on the Website. 
‘‘(4) ADDRESS SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY.—The 
Website shall include functionality to enable a user 
to search for performance information by street ad-
dress, ZIP Code, or post office box. 
‘‘(5) FORMAT.—The Postal Service shall make 
the performance information provided on the 
Website available— 
‘‘(A) in a manner that— 
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‘‘(i) presents the information required 
under paragraph (2) on an interactive 
dashboard; 
‘‘(ii) is searchable and may be sorted 
and filtered by the elements described in 
paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, enables 
any person or entity to download in bulk— 
‘‘(I) such performance informa-
tion; and 
‘‘(II) the results of a search by 
the elements described in paragraph 
(2); 
‘‘(B) under an ‘open license’ which has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 
44; and 
‘‘(C) as an ‘open Government data asset’ 
and in a ‘machine-readable’ format which have 
the meaning given those terms in section 3502 
of title 44. 
‘‘(6) CONSULTATION.—The Postal Service shall 
regularly consult with the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission on appropriate features and information to 
be included on the Website. 
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‘‘(7) PUBLIC
INPUT.—The Postal Service 
shall— 
‘‘(A) solicit public input on the design and 
implementation of the Website; and 
‘‘(B) maintain a public feedback tool to en-
sure each feature of, and the information on, 
the Website is usable and understandable. 
‘‘(8) DEADLINE.—The Postal Service shall im-
plement and make available to the public (and make 
any subsequent changes in accordance with sub-
section (b)) the Website not later than 60 days from 
the date on which the Postal Service receives the re-
quirements and recommendations from the Postal 
Regulatory Commission under subsection (b), and 
shall continuously update such information on the 
Website as required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY.—A link and plain language 
description of the Website shall be made available on 
any webpage where performance targets and meas-
urements established under subsection (a)(1) are 
made available to the public. 
‘‘(10) REPORTING.—The Postal Service, the 
Postmaster General, or the Board, as applicable, 
shall reference the dashboard described in paragraph 
(5)(A)(i) in the Annual Performance Plan under sec-
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tion 2803, the Annual Performance Report under 
section 2804, and the Annual Report under section 
2402. 
‘‘(11) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘performance information’ means the ob-
jective external performance measurements es-
tablished under section 3691(b)(1)(D). 
‘‘(B) 
WEBSITE.—The 
term 
‘Website’ 
means the website described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 3691 the following: 
‘‘3692. Performance targets and transparency.’’. 
SEC. 202. INTEGRATED DELIVERY NETWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘The Postal 
Service’’ the following: ‘‘The Postal Service shall maintain 
an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant 
and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this 
title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except 
during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency 
situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic 
areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of 
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delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date 
of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) or the amendment made by such subsection 
is intended to alter or amend the requirements of chapters 
20 or 36 of title 39, United States Code, and related im-
plementing regulations, including provisions relating to 
costing, accounting, or rates. 
SEC. 203. REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE COST ATTRIBUTION 
GUIDELINES. 
Not later than the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Postal Regulatory 
Commission shall initiate a review of the regulations 
issued pursuant to sections 3633(a) and 3652(a)(1) of 
title 39, United States Code, to determine whether revi-
sions are appropriate to ensure that all direct and indirect 
costs attributable to competitive and market-dominant 
products are properly attributed to those products, includ-
ing by considering the underlying methodologies in deter-
mining cost attribution and considering options to revise 
such methodologies. If the Commission determines, after 
notice and opportunity for public comment, that revisions 
are appropriate, the Commission shall make modifications 
or adopt alternative methodologies as necessary. 
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Commission, and shall have equal responsibility over 
the United States Postal Service and the Postal 
Regulatory Commission. The Commission shall com-
ply with the Inspector General’s oversight as if the 
Commission were a designated Federal entity under 
subsection (a)(2) and as if the Inspector General 
were the inspector general of the Commission. The 
Governors of the Postal Service shall not direct over-
sight activities for the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting 
‘‘pertaining to the United States Postal Serv-
ice’’ after ‘‘subpoenas,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after 
‘‘United States Postal Service’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after ‘‘Gov-
ernors’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec-
tively; and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
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