(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be 
construed to affect the amount of any benefits other-
wise payable from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund to any individual. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for sec-
tion 8909a of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘Benefits’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8348(h)(2) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, for purposes of determining the Postal surplus or 
supplemental liability for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 
2018, 2019, and 2020— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (4)(A) shall not apply to a de-
termination under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) the determination under paragraph (1) 
shall be made by applying the methodology that was 
used to carry out this paragraph with respect to the 
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year referred to in 
paragraph (4)(B)(i).’’. 
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(b) RELATING
TO
A POSTAL SURPLUS.—Section 
8348(h)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘2021,’’ after ‘‘2015,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘if the result is’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘terminated.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘if the result is a surplus— 
‘‘(i) that amount shall be transferred— 
‘‘(I) to the Postal Service Retiree Health 
Benefits Fund, if the surplus is for fiscal year 
2020 or a preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) to the Postal Service Fund, if the 
surplus is for fiscal year 2021 or a subsequent 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) any prior amortization schedule for pay-
ments shall be terminated.’’. 
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SURPLUS RETIREMENT 
CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 8423(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(5) If, for fiscal year 2010, the amount computed 
under paragraph (1)(B) is less than zero (in this section 
referred to as ‘surplus postal contributions’), the amount 
of such surplus postal contributions shall be transferred— 
‘‘(A) to the Postal Service Retiree Health Bene-
fits Fund to pay any liability to the Postal Service 
Retiree Health Benefits Fund for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(B) if all liability to the Postal Service Retiree 
Health Benefits Fund for fiscal year 2011 has been 
paid, to the Employees’ Compensation Fund estab-
lished under section 8147; and 
‘‘(C) if all liability of the United States Postal 
Service to the Employees’ Compensation Fund has 
been paid, to the United States Postal Service for 
the repayment of any obligation issued under section 
2005 of title 39.’’. 
SEC. 5. RURAL POST OFFICES. 
Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, in making any determination under subsection 
(a)(3) as to the necessity for the closing or consolidation 
of any post office, the Postal Service may not close any 
post office which is located more than 10 miles from any 
other post office.’’. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-
gress that this Act apply with respect to the allocation 
of past, present, and future benefit liabilities between the 
United States Postal Service and the Treasury of the 
United States. 
Æ 
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