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(B) identifies opportunities for improve-
ment that remain with respect to such improve-
ments and reductions. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under this sub-
section shall also—
(A) discuss any injury reduction goals es-
tablished by the Postal Service; 
(B) describe the actions that the Postal 
Service has taken to improve workplace safety 
and reduce workplace-related injuries, and as-
sess how successful the Postal Service has been 
in meeting its injury reduction goal; and 
(C) identify areas where the Postal Service 
has failed to meet its injury reduction goals, ex-
plain the reasons why these goals were not met, 
and identify opportunities for making further 
progress in meeting these goals. 
(b) REPORT BY THE POSTAL SERVICE.—
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after receiving the report under subsection 
(a), the Postal Service shall submit a report to Con-
gress detailing how it plans to improve workplace 
safety and reduce workplace-related injuries nation-
wide, including goals and metrics.
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(2) PROBLEM AREAS.—The report under this 
subsection shall also include plans, developed in con-
sultation with the Inspector General and employee 
representatives, including representatives of each 
postal labor union and management association, for 
addressing the problem areas identified by the In-
spector General in the report under subsection 
(a)(2)(C). 
SEC. 705. STUDY ON RECYCLED PAPER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 12 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability 
Office shall study and submit to the Congress, the Board 
of Governors of the Postal Service, and to the Postal Reg-
ulatory Commission a report concerning—
(1) a description and analysis of the accom-
plishments of the Postal Service in each of the pre-
ceding 5 years involving recycling activities, includ-
ing efforts by the Postal Service to recycle undeliver-
able and discarded mail and other materials and its 
public affairs efforts to promote the increased recy-
cling of paper products; and 
(2) additional opportunities that may be avail-
able for the United States Postal Service to engage 
in recycling initiatives, including consultation with 
the paper recycling industry and encouraging mail-
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ers to increase both the recycling of paper products 
and the use of recycled paper, and the projected 
costs and revenues of undertaking such opportuni-
ties. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall include 
recommendations for any administrative or legislative ac-
tions that may be appropriate. 
SEC. 706. GREATER DIVERSITY IN POSTAL SERVICE EXECU-
TIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCHEDULE MAN-
AGEMENT POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Governors shall 
study and, within 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, submit to the President and Congress a report 
concerning the extent to which women and minorities are 
represented in supervisory and management positions 
within the United States Postal Service. Any data included 
in the report shall be presented in the aggregate and by 
pay level. 
(b) PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS.—The United 
States Postal Service shall, as soon as is practicable, take 
such measures as may be necessary to incorporate the af-
firmative action and equal opportunity criteria contained 
in 4313(5) of title 5, United States Code, into the per-
formance appraisals of senior supervisory or managerial 
employees.
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SEC. 707. CONTRACTS WITH WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND 
SMALL BUSINESSES. 
The Board of Governors shall study and, within 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 
to the President and the Congress a report concerning the 
number and value of contracts and subcontracts the Post-
al Service has entered into with women, minorities, and 
small businesses. 
SEC. 708. RATES FOR PERIODICALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Postal Service, 
acting jointly with the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
shall study and submit to the President and Congress a 
report concerning—
(1) the quality, accuracy, and completeness of 
the information used by the Postal Service in deter-
mining the direct and indirect postal costs attrib-
utable to periodicals; and 
(2) any opportunities that might exist for im-
proving efficiencies in the collection, handling, trans-
portation, or delivery of periodicals by the Postal 
Service, including any pricing incentives for mailers 
that might be appropriate.
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall include 
recommendations for any administrative action or legisla-
tion that might be appropriate.
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SEC. 709. ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN RATE DEFICIENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Postal Service shall study and 
submit to the President, the Congress, and the United 
States Postal Service, a report concerning the administra-
tion of section 3626(k) of title 39, United States Code. 
(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The study and re-
port shall specifically address the adequacy and fairness 
of the process by which assessments under section 3626(k) 
of title 39, United States Code, are determined and ap-
pealable, including—
(1) whether the Postal Regulatory Commission 
or any other body outside the Postal Service should 
be assigned a role; and 
(2) whether a statute of limitations should be 
established for the commencement of proceedings by 
the Postal Service thereunder. 
SEC. 710. ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE BUSINESS MODEL OF 
THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
(a) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE MAN-
DATE.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall prepare and submit to the President and Congress 
a report that builds upon the work of the 2002 President’s 
Commission on the United States Postal Service by evalu-
ating in-depth various options and strategies for the long-
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term structural and operational reforms of the United 
States Postal Service. The final report required by this 
section shall be submitted within 5 years of the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) PROTECTION
OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE.—The 
Government Accountability Office may include such rec-
ommendations as it considers appropriate with respect to 
how the Postal Service’s business model can be maintained 
or transformed in an orderly manner that will minimize 
adverse effects on all interested parties and assure contin-
ued availability of affordable, universal postal service 
throughout the United States. The Government Account-
ability Office shall not consider any strategy or other 
course of action that would pose a significant risk to the 
continued availability of affordable, universal postal serv-
ice throughout the United States. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—
(1) TOPICS TO ADDRESS.—The report shall ad-
dress at least the following: 
(A) Specification of nature and bases of 
one or more sets of reasonable assumptions 
about the development of the postal services 
market, to the extent that such assumptions 
may be necessary or appropriate for each strat-
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egy identified by the Government Accountability 
Office. 
(B) Specification of the nature and bases 
of one or more sets of reasonable assumptions 
about the development of the regulatory frame-
work for postal services, to the extent that such 
assumptions may be necessary or appropriate 
for each strategy identified by the Government 
Accountability Office. 
(C) Qualitative and, to the extent possible, 
quantitative effects that each strategy identified 
by the Government Accountability Office may 
have on universal service generally, the Postal 
Service, mailers, postal employees, private com-
panies that provide delivery services, and the 
general public. 
(D) Financial effects that each strategy 
identified by the Government Accountability Of-
fice may have on the Postal Service, postal em-
ployees, the Treasury of the United States, and 
other affected parties, including the American 
mailing consumer. 
(E) Feasible and appropriate procedural 
steps and timetables for implementing each
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strategy identified by the Government Account-
ability Office. 
(F) Such additional topics as the Comp-
troller General shall consider necessary and ap-
propriate. 
(2) MATTERS TO CONSIDER.—For each strat-
egy identified, the Government Accountability Office 
shall assess how each business model might—
(A) address the human-capital challenges 
facing the Postal Service, including how em-
ployee-management relations within the Postal 
Service may be improved; 
(B) optimize the postal infrastructure, in-
cluding the best methods for providing retail 
services that ensure convenience and access to 
customers; 
(C) ensure the safety and security of the 
mail and of postal employees; 
(D) minimize areas of inefficiency or waste 
and improve operations involved in the collec-
tion, processing, or delivery of mail; and 
(E) impact other matters that the Comp-
troller General determines are relevant to evalu-
ating a viable long-term business model for the 
Postal Service.
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(3) EXPERIENCES OF OTHER COUNTRIES.—In 
preparing the report required by subsection (a), the 
Government Accountability Office shall comprehen-
sively and quantitatively investigate the experiences 
of other industrialized countries that have trans-
formed the national post office. The Government Ac-
countability Office shall undertake such original re-
search as it deems necessary. In each case, the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office shall describe as fully 
as possible the costs and benefits of transformation 
of the national post office on all affected parties and 
shall identify any lessons that foreign experience 
may imply for each strategy identified by the re-
search organization. 
(d) OUTSIDE EXPERTS.—In preparing its study, the 
Government Accountability Office may retain the services 
of additional experts and consultants. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—In preparing its report, the 
Government Accountability Office shall consult fully with 
the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
other Federal agencies, postal employee unions and man-
agement associations, mailers, private companies that pro-
vide delivery services, and the general public. The Govern-
ment Accountability Office shall include with its final re-
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port a copy of all formal written comments received under 
this subsection. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated from the Postal Service 
Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 711. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COOPERATIVE MAIL-
INGS. 
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory Com-
mission shall examine section E670.5.3 of the Do-
mestic Mail Manual to determine whether it contains 
adequate safeguards to protect against—
(A) abuses of rates for nonprofit mail; and 
(B) deception of consumers. 
(2) REPORT.—The Commission shall report the 
results of its examination to the Postal Service, 
along with any recommendations that the Commis-
sion determines appropriate. 
(b) FAILURE TO ACT.—If the Postal Service fails to 
act on the recommendations of the Commission, the Com-
mission may take such action as it determines necessary 
to prevent abuse of rates or deception of consumers.
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SEC. 712. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this title, the term ‘‘Board of Gov-
ernors’’ has the meaning given such term by section 102 
of title 39, United States Code. 
TITLE 
VIII—POSTAL 
SERVICE 
RETIREMENT 
AND 
HEALTH 
BENEFITS FUNDING 
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Civil Service 
Retirement and Health Benefits Funding Amendments of 
2006’’. 
SEC. 802. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 83 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 8334(a)(1)(B), by striking clause 
(ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an employee of the United States 
Postal Service, no amount shall be contributed under this 
subparagraph.’’; and 
(2) by amending section 8348(h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘Postal surplus 
or supplemental liability’ means the estimated difference, 
as determined by the Office, between—
‘‘(A) the actuarial present value of all future 
benefits payable from the Fund under this sub-
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chapter to current or former employees of the 
United States Postal Service and attributable to ci-
vilian employment with the United States Postal 
Service; and 
‘‘(B) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the actuarial present value of deduc-
tions to be withheld from the future basic pay 
of employees of the United States Postal Serv-
ice currently subject to this subchapter under 
section 8334; 
‘‘(ii) that portion of the Fund balance, as 
of the date the Postal surplus or supplemental 
liability is determined, attributable to payments 
to the Fund by the United States Postal Serv-
ice and its employees, minus benefit payments 
attributable to civilian employment with the 
United States Postal Service, plus the earnings 
on such amounts while in the Fund; and 
‘‘(iii) any other appropriate amount, as de-
termined by the Office in accordance with gen-
erally accepted actuarial practices and prin-
ciples. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than June 15, 2007, the Office 
shall determine the Postal surplus or supplemental liabil-
ity, as of September 30, 2006. If that result is a surplus,
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the amount of the surplus shall be transferred to the Post-
al Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under 
section 8909a by June 30, 2007. 
‘‘(B) The Office shall redetermine the Postal surplus 
or supplemental liability as of the close of the fiscal year, 
for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2007, 
through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2038. If the 
result is a surplus, that amount shall remain in the Fund 
until distribution is authorized under subparagraph (C). 
Beginning June 15, 2017, if the result is a supplemental 
liability, the Office shall establish an amortization sched-
ule, including a series of annual installments commencing 
on September 30 of the subsequent fiscal year, which pro-
vides for the liquidation of such liability by September 30, 
2043. 
‘‘(C) As of the close of the fiscal years ending Sep-
tember 30, 2015, 2025, 2035, and 2039, if the result is 
a surplus, that amount shall be transferred to the Postal 
Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, and any prior am-
ortization schedule for payments shall be terminated. 
‘‘(D) Amortization schedules established under this 
paragraph shall be set in accordance with generally accept-
ed actuarial practices and principles, with interest com-
puted at the rate used in the most recent valuation of the 
Civil Service Retirement System.
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‘‘(E) The United States Postal Service shall pay the 
amounts so determined to the Office, with payments due 
not later than the date scheduled by the Office. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
computing the amount of any payment under any other 
subsection of this section that is based upon the amount 
of the unfunded liability, such payment shall be computed 
disregarding that portion of the unfunded liability that the 
Office determines will be liquidated by payments under 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) CREDIT ALLOWED FOR MILITARY SERVICE.—In 
the application of section 8348(g)(2) of title 5, United 
States Code, for the fiscal year 2007, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management shall include, in addition to the 
amount otherwise computed under that paragraph, the 
amounts that would have been included for the fiscal years 
2003 through 2006 with respect to credit for military serv-
ice of former employees of the United States Postal Serv-
ice as though the Postal Civil Service Retirement System 
Funding Reform Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–18) had 
not been enacted, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
make the required transfer to the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund based on that amount. 
(c) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—
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(A) REQUEST
FOR
REVIEW.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section (in-
cluding any amendment made by this section), 
any determination or redetermination made by 
the Office of Personnel Management under this 
section (including any amendment made by this 
section) shall, upon request of the United 
States Postal Service, be subject to a review by 
the Postal Regulatory Commission under this 
subsection. 
(B) REPORT.—Upon receiving a request 
under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 
promptly procure the services of an actuary, 
who shall hold membership in the American 
Academy of Actuaries and shall be qualified in 
the evaluation of pension obligations, to conduct 
a review in accordance with generally accepted 
actuarial practices and principles and to provide 
a report to the Commission containing the re-
sults of the review. The Commission, upon de-
termining that the report satisfies the require-
ments of this paragraph, shall approve the re-
port, with any comments it may choose to 
make, and submit it with any such comments to
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the Postal Service, the Office of Personnel 
Management, and Congress. 
(2) RECONSIDERATION.—Upon receiving the re-
port from the Commission under paragraph (1), the 
Office of Personnel Management shall reconsider its 
determination or redetermination in light of such re-
port, and shall make any appropriate adjustments. 
The Office shall submit a report containing the re-
sults of its reconsideration to the Commission, the 
Postal Service, and Congress. 
SEC. 803. HEALTH INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) FUNDING.—Chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended—
(A) in section 8906(g)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘shall be paid by the United States Postal 
Service.’’ and inserting ‘‘shall through Sep-
tember 30, 2016, be paid by the United States 
Postal Service, and thereafter shall be paid first 
from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits 
Fund up to the amount contained in the Fund, 
with any remaining amount paid by the United 
States Postal Service.’’; and 
(B) by inserting after section 8909 the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘§ 8909a. Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund 
‘‘(a) There is in the Treasury of the United States 
a Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund which is 
administered by the Office of Personnel Management. 
‘‘(b) The Fund is available without fiscal year limita-
tion for payments required under section 8906(g)(2)(A). 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately 
invest, in interest-bearing securities of the United States 
such currently available portions of the Fund as are not 
immediately required for payments from the Fund. Such 
investments shall be made in the same manner as invest-
ments for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund under section 8348. 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than June 30, 2007, and by June 
30 of each succeeding year, the Office shall compute the 
net present value of the future payments required under 
section 8906(g)(2)(A) and attributable to the service of 
Postal Service employees during the most recently ended 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than June 30, 2007, the Office 
shall compute, and by June 30 of each succeeding year, 
the Office shall recompute the difference between—
‘‘(i) the net present value of the excess of fu-
ture payments required under section 8906(g)(2)(A) 
for current and future United States Postal Service
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annuitants as of the end of the fiscal year ending on 
September 30 of that year; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) the value of the assets of the Postal Re-
tiree Health Benefits Fund as of the end of the fis-
cal year ending on September 30 of that year; and 
‘‘(II) the net present value computed under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) Not later than June 30, 2017, the Office shall 
compute, and by June 30 of each succeeding year shall 
recompute, a schedule including a series of annual install-
ments which provide for the liquidation of any liability or 
surplus by September 30, 2056, or within 15 years, which-
ever is later, of the net present value determined under 
subparagraph (A), including interest at the rate used in 
that computation. 
‘‘(3)(A) The United States Postal Service shall pay 
into such Fund—
‘‘(i) $5,400,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2007; 
‘‘(ii) $5,600,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2008; 
‘‘(iii) $5,400,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2009; 
‘‘(iv) $5,500,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2010;
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‘‘(v) $5,500,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2011; 
‘‘(vi) $5,600,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2012; 
‘‘(vii) $5,600,000,000, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2013; 
‘‘(viii) $5,700,000,000, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2014; 
‘‘(ix) $5,700,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2015; and 
‘‘(x) $5,800,000,000, not later than September 
30, 2016. 
‘‘(B) Not later than September 30, 2017, and by Sep-
tember 30 of each succeeding year, the United States 
Postal Service shall pay into such Fund the sum of—
‘‘(i) the net present value computed under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) any annual installment computed under 
paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(4) Computations under this subsection shall be 
made consistent with the assumptions and methodology 
used by the Office for financial reporting under sub-
chapter II of chapter 35 of title 31. 
‘‘(5)(A)(i) Any computation or other determination of 
the Office under this subsection shall, upon request of the
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United States Postal Service, be subject to a review by 
the Postal Regulatory Commission under this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) Upon receiving a request under clause (i), the 
Commission shall promptly procure the services of an ac-
tuary, who shall hold membership in the American Acad-
emy of Actuaries and shall be qualified in the evaluation 
of healthcare insurance obligations, to conduct a review 
in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices 
and principles and to provide a report to the Commission 
containing the results of the review. The Commission, 
upon determining that the report satisfies the require-
ments of this subparagraph, shall approve the report, with 
any comments it may choose to make, and submit it with 
any such comments to the Postal Service, the Office of 
Personnel Management, and Congress. 
‘‘(B) Upon receiving the report under subparagraph 
(A), the Office of Personnel Management shall reconsider 
its determination or redetermination in light of such re-
port, and shall make any appropriate adjustments. The 
Office shall submit a report containing the results of its 
reconsideration to the Commission, the Postal Service, and 
Congress. 
‘‘(6) After consultation with the United States Postal 
Service, the Office shall promulgate any regulations the 
Office determines necessary under this subsection.’’.
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(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 8909 the following:
‘‘8909a. Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.’’.
(b) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUEST FOR REVIEW.—Any regula-
tion established under section 8909a(d)(5) of 
title 5, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)), shall, upon request of the United 
States Postal Service, be subject to a review by 
the Postal Regulatory Commission under this 
paragraph. 
(B) REPORT.—Upon receiving a request 
under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 
promptly procure the services of an actuary, 
who shall hold membership in the American 
Academy of Actuaries and shall be qualified in 
the evaluation of healthcare insurance obliga-
tions, to conduct a review in accordance with 
generally accepted actuarial practices and prin-
ciples and to provide a report to the Commis-
sion containing the results of the review. The 
Commission, upon determining that the report 
satisfies the requirements of this paragraph,
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shall approve the report, with any comments it 
may choose to make, and submit it with any 
such comments to the Postal Service, the Office 
of Personnel Management, and Congress. 
(2) RECONSIDERATION.—Upon receiving the re-
port under paragraph (1), the Office of Personnel 
Management shall reconsider its determination or 
redetermination in light of such report, and shall 
make any appropriate adjustments. The Office shall 
submit a report containing the results of its recon-
sideration to the Commission, the Postal Service, 
and Congress. 
SEC. 804. REPEAL OF DISPOSITION OF SAVINGS PROVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Postal Civil Serv-
ice Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 108–18) is repealed. 
(b) SAVINGS.—Savings accrued to the Postal Service 
as a result of enactment of Public Law 108–18 and attrib-
utable to fiscal year 2006 shall be transferred to the Post-
al Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under 
section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 805. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-
section (b), this title shall take effect on October 1, 2006.
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(b) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION.—
The amendment made by paragraph (1) of section 802(a) 
shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after October 1, 2006. 
TITLE IX—COMPENSATION FOR 
WORK INJURIES 
SEC. 901. TEMPORARY DISABILITY; CONTINUATION OF PAY. 
(a) TIME OF ACCRUAL OF RIGHT.—Section 8117 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘An employee’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) An employee other than a Postal Service em-
ployee’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) A Postal Service employee is not entitled to com-
pensation or continuation of pay for the first 3 days of 
temporary disability, except as provided under paragraph 
(3) of subsection (a). A Postal Service employee may use 
annual leave, sick leave, or leave without pay during that 
3-day period, except that if the disability exceeds 14 days 
or is followed by permanent disability, the employee may 
have their sick leave or annual leave reinstated or receive 
pay for the time spent on leave without pay under this 
section.’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
Section 8118(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) without a break in time, except as pro-
vided under section 8117(b), unless controverted 
under regulations of the Secretary;’’. 
TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 1001. EMPLOYMENT OF POSTAL POLICE OFFICERS. 
Section 3061 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Postal Service may employ police officers 
for duty in connection with the protection of property 
owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under the 
charge and control of the Postal Service, and persons on 
that property, including duty in areas outside the property 
to the extent necessary to protect the property and persons 
on the property. 
‘‘(2) With respect to such property, such officers shall 
have the power to—
‘‘(A) enforce Federal laws and regulations for 
the protection of persons and property; 
‘‘(B) carry firearms; and 
‘‘(C) make arrests without a warrant for any 
offense against the Unites States committed in the 
presence of the officer or for any felony cognizable
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under the laws of the United States if the officer has 
reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be 
arrested has committed or is committing a felony. 
‘‘(3) With respect to such property, such officers may 
have, to such extent as the Postal Service may by regula-
tions prescribe, the power to—
‘‘(A) serve warrants and subpoenas issued 
under the authority of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) conduct investigations, on and off the 
property in question, of offenses that may have been 
committed against property owned or occupied by 
the Postal Service or persons on the property. 
‘‘(4)(A) As to such property, the Postmaster General 
may prescribe regulations necessary for the protection and 
administration of property owned or occupied by the Post-
al Service and persons on the property. The regulations 
may include reasonable penalties, within the limits pre-
scribed in subparagraph (B), for violations of the regula-
tions. The regulations shall be posted and remain posted 
in a conspicuous place on the property. 
‘‘(B) A person violating a regulation prescribed 
under this subsection shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.’’. 
SEC. 1002. OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. 
(a) REPEAL.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 52 of title 39, 
United States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 
5005(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(i) by striking paragraph (1), and by re-
designating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) (as so designated by 
clause (i)), by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 
5201(6) of this title)’’. 
(B) Section 5005(b) of such title 39 is amended 
by striking ‘‘(a)(4)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘(a)(3)’’. 
(C) Section 5005(c) of such title 39 is amended 
by striking ‘‘by carrier or person under subsection 
(a)(1) of this section, by contract under subsection 
(a)(4) of this section, or’’ and inserting ‘‘by contract 
under subsection (a)(3) of this section or’’. 
(b) ELIMINATING RESTRICTION ON LENGTH OF CON-
TRACTS.—(1) Section 5005(b)(1) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(or where the Postal 
Service determines that special conditions or the use of 
special equipment warrants, not in excess of 6 years)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(or such longer period of time as may be deter-
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mined by the Postal Service to be advisable or appro-
priate)’’. 
(2) Section 5402(d) of such title 39 is amended by 
striking ‘‘for a period of not more than 4 years’’. 
(3) Section 5605 of such title 39 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for periods of not in excess of 4 years’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
The table of chapters for part V of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by repealing the item relating to chapter 
52. 
SEC. 1003. REDUCED RATES. 
Section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking all before 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
rates of postage for a class of mail or kind of mailer under 
former section 4358, 4452(b), 4452(c), 4554(b), or 
4554(c) of this title shall be established in accordance with 
section 3622. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term 
‘regular-rate category’ means any class of mail or kind of 
mailer, other than a class or kind referred to in section 
2401(c).
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‘‘(3) Rates of postage for a class of mail or kind of 
mailer under former section 4358(a) through (c) of this 
title shall be established so that postage on each mailing 
of such mail reflects its preferred status as compared to 
the postage for the most closely corresponding regular-rate 
category mailing.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this section and former section 
4358(a) through (c) of this title, those copies of an issue 
of a publication entered within the county in which it is 
published, but distributed outside such county on postal 
carrier routes originating in the county of publication, 
shall be treated as if they were distributed within the 
county of publication. 
‘‘(4)(A) In the case of an issue of a publication, any 
number of copies of which are mailed at the rates of post-
age for a class of mail or kind of mailer under former 
section 4358(a) through (c) of this title, any copies of such 
issue which are distributed outside the county of publica-
tion (excluding any copies subject to paragraph (3)) shall 
be subject to rates of postage provided for under this para-
graph.
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‘‘(B) The rates of postage applicable to mail under 
this paragraph shall be established in accordance with sec-
tion 3622. 
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall not apply with respect to 
an issue of a publication unless the total paid circulation 
of such issue outside the county of publication (not count-
ing recipients of copies subject to paragraph (3)) is less 
than 5,000.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) In the administration of this section, matter that 
satisfies the circulation standards for requester publica-
tions shall not be excluded from being mailed at the rates 
for mail under former section 4358 solely because such 
matter is designed primarily for free circulation or for cir-
culation at nominal rates, or fails to meet the require-
ments of former section 4354(a)(5).’’. 
SEC. 1004. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING POSTAL SERV-
ICE PURCHASING REFORM. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Postal Service 
should—
(1) ensure the fair and consistent treatment of 
suppliers and contractors in its current purchasing 
policies and any revision or replacement of such poli-
cies, such as through the use of competitive contract
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award procedures, effective dispute resolution mech-
anisms, and socioeconomic programs; and 
(2) implement commercial best practices in 
Postal Service purchasing policies to achieve greater 
efficiency and cost savings by taking full advantage 
of private-sector partnerships as recommended in 
July 2003 by the President’s Commission on the 
United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 1005. CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BY 
AIR. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5402(a) of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(g)(1)(D)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)(A)(iv)(I)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(g)(1)(D)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)(A)(iv)(I)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘rates paid to 
a bush carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘linehaul rates and a 
single terminal handling payment at a bush terminal 
handling rate paid to a bush carrier’’; 
(4) 
in 
paragraph 
(11), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(g)(1)(D)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)(A)(iv)(II)’’; 
and 
(5) in paragraph (13)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘clause (i) or (ii) of 
subsection (g)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
clause 
(I) 
or 
(II) 
of 
subsection 
(g)(1)(A)(iv)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) is not comprised of previously quali-
fied existing mainline carriers as a result of 
merger or sale;’’. 
(b) NONPRIORITY BYPASS MAIL.—Section 5402(g) 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) When a new hub results from a 
change in a determination under subparagraph 
(B), mail tender from that hub during the 12-
month period beginning on the effective date of 
that change shall be based on the passenger 
and freight shares to the destinations of the af-
fected hub or hubs resulting in the new hub.’’; 
and
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(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(5)(A)(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(g)(1)(D)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)(A)(iv)(II)’’. 
(c) EQUITABLE TENDER.—Section 5402(h) of title 
39, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘bush’’ after 
‘‘providing scheduled’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided under subparagraph 
(C), a new or existing 121 bush passenger carrier 
qualified under subsection (g)(1) shall be exempt 
from the requirements under paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(2)(A) on a city pair route for a period which shall 
extend for—
‘‘(i) 1 year; 
‘‘(ii) 1 year in addition to the extension 
under clause (i) if, as of the conclusion of the 
first year, such carrier has been providing not 
less than 5 percent of the passenger service on 
that route (as calculated under paragraph (5)); 
and 
‘‘(iii) 1 year in addition to the extension 
under clause (ii) if, as of the conclusion of the 
second year, such carrier has been providing 
not less than 10 percent of the passenger serv-
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ice on that route (as calculated under para-
graph (5)). 
‘‘(B)(i) The first 3 121 bush passenger carriers 
entitled to the exemptions under subparagraph (A) 
on any city pair route shall divide no more than an 
additional 10 percent of the mail, apportioned equal-
ly, comprised of no more than—
‘‘(I) 5 percent of the share of each quali-
fied passenger carrier servicing that route that 
is not a 121 bush passenger carrier; and 
‘‘(II) 5 percent of the share of each non-
passenger carrier servicing that route that 
transports 25 percent or more of the total 
nonmail freight under subsection (i)(1). 
‘‘(ii) Additional 121 bush passenger carriers en-
tering service on that city pair route after the first 
3 shall not receive any additional mail share. 
‘‘(iii) If any 121 bush passenger carrier on a 
city pair route receiving an additional share of the 
mail under clause (ii) discontinues service on that 
route, the 121 bush passenger carrier that has been 
providing the longest period of service on that route 
and is otherwise eligible but is not receiving a share 
by reason of clause (ii), shall receive the share of the 
carrier discontinuing service.
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‘‘(C) Notwithstanding the requirements of this 
subsection, if only 1 passenger carrier or aircraft is 
qualified to be tendered nonpriority bypass mail as 
a passenger carrier or aircraft on a city pair route 
in the State of Alaska, the Postal Service shall ten-
der 20 percent of the nonpriority bypass mail de-
scribed under paragraph (1) to the passenger carrier 
or aircraft providing at least 10 percent of the pas-
senger service on such route.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(B) by striking clause (ii). 
(d) PERCENT
OF
NONMAIL
FREIGHT.—Section 
5402(i)(6) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(e) 
PERCENT
OF
TENDER
RATE.—Section 
5402(j)(3)(B) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘bush routes in the State of Alaska’’ and in-
serting ‘‘routes served exclusively by bush carriers in the 
State of Alaska’’. 
(f) DETERMINATION OF RATES.—Section 5402(k) of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graph (5).
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(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
Section 5402(p)(3) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘(g)(1)(D)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(g)(1)(A)(iv)’’. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), this section shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) EQUITABLE TENDER.—Subsection (c) shall 
take effect on December 1, 2006. 
SEC. 1006. DATE OF POSTMARK TO BE TREATED AS DATE 
OF APPEAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOS-
ING OR CONSOLIDATION OF POST OFFICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(b) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) For purposes of paragraph (5), any appeal re-
ceived by the Commission shall—
‘‘(A) if sent to the Commission through the 
mails, be considered to have been received on the 
date of the Postal Service postmark on the envelope 
or other cover in which such appeal is mailed; or 
‘‘(B) if otherwise lawfully delivered to the Com-
mission, be considered to have been received on the 
date determined based on any appropriate docu-
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mentation or other indicia (as determined under reg-
ulations of the Commission).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to any 
determination to close or consolidate a post office which 
is first made available, in accordance with paragraph (3) 
of section 404(b) of title 39, United States Code, after 
the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1007. PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS UNDER 
CHAPTER 81 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
CODE, FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF 
THE FORMER POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the Postal Reorga-
nization Act (39 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘8.’’ and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) For purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, the Postal Service shall, with respect to any 
individual receiving benefits under such chapter as an offi-
cer or employee of the former Post Office Department, 
have the same authorities and responsibilities as it has 
with respect to an officer or employee of the Postal Service 
receiving such benefits.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall be effective as of the first 
day of the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted. 
SEC. 1008. HAZARDOUS MATTER. 
(a) NONMAILABILITY GENERALLY.—Section 3001 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub-
section (o); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n)(1) Except as otherwise authorized by law or reg-
ulations of the Postal Service, hazardous material is non-
mailable. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘hazardous material’ 
means a substance or material designated by the Secretary 
of Transportation under section 5103(a) of title 49.’’. 
(b) MAILABILITY.—Chapter 30 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3018. Hazardous material 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall pre-
scribe regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous 
material in the mail. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—No person may—
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‘‘(1) mail or cause to be mailed hazardous ma-
terial that has been declared by statute or Postal 
Service regulation to be nonmailable; 
‘‘(2) mail or cause to be mailed hazardous ma-
terial in violation of any statute or Postal Service 
regulation restricting the time, place, or manner in 
which hazardous material may be mailed; or 
‘‘(3) manufacture, distribute, or sell any con-
tainer, packaging kit, or similar device that—
‘‘(A) is represented, marked, certified, or 
sold by such person for use in the mailing of 
hazardous material; and 
‘‘(B) fails to conform with any statute or 
Postal Service regulation setting forth stand-
ards for a container, packaging kit, or similar 
device used for the mailing of hazardous mate-
rial. 
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTY; CLEAN-UP COSTS AND DAM-
AGES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who knowingly 
violates this section or a regulation prescribed under 
this section shall be liable for—
‘‘(A) a civil penalty of at least $250, but 
not more than $100,000, for each violation;
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‘‘(B) the costs of any clean-up associated 
with each violation; and 
‘‘(C) damages. 
‘‘(2) KNOWING ACTION.—A person acts know-
ingly for purposes of paragraph (1) when—
‘‘(A) the person has actual knowledge of 
the facts giving rise to the violation; or 
‘‘(B) a reasonable person acting in the cir-
cumstances and exercising reasonable care 
would have had that knowledge. 
‘‘(3) SEPARATE VIOLATIONS.—
‘‘(A) VIOLATIONS OVER TIME.—A separate 
violation under this subsection occurs for each 
day hazardous material, mailed or caused to be 
mailed in noncompliance with this section, is in 
the mail. 
‘‘(B) SEPARATE ITEMS.—A separate viola-
tion under this subsection occurs for each item 
containing hazardous material that is mailed or 
caused to be mailed in noncompliance with this 
section. 
‘‘(d) HEARINGS.—The Postal Service may determine 
that a person has violated this section or a regulation pre-
scribed under this section only after notice and an oppor-
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tunity for a hearing. Proceedings under this section shall 
be conducted in accordance with section 3001(m). 
‘‘(e) PENALTY CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining 
the amount of a civil penalty for a violation of this section, 
the Postal Service shall consider—
‘‘(1) the nature, circumstances, extent, and 
gravity of the violation; 
‘‘(2) with respect to the person who committed 
the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of 
prior violations, the ability to pay, and any effect on 
the ability to continue in business; 
‘‘(3) the impact on Postal Service operations; 
and 
‘‘(4) any other matters that justice requires. 
‘‘(f) CIVIL ACTIONS TO COLLECT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
409(d), a civil action may be commenced in an ap-
propriate district court of the United States to col-
lect a civil penalty, clean-up costs, and damages as-
sessed under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) COMPROMISE.—The Postal Service may 
compromise the amount of a civil penalty, clean-up 
costs, and damages assessed under subsection (c) be-
fore commencing a civil action with respect to such
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civil penalty, clean-up costs, and damages under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) CIVIL JUDICIAL PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the Post-
al Service, the Attorney General may bring a civil 
action in an appropriate district court of the United 
States to enforce this section or a regulation pre-
scribed under this section. 
‘‘(2) RELIEF.—The court in a civil action under 
paragraph (1) may award appropriate relief, includ-
ing a temporary or permanent injunction, civil pen-
alties as determined in accordance with this section, 
or punitive damages. 
‘‘(3) CONSTRUCTION.—A civil action under this 
subsection shall be in lieu of civil penalties for the 
same violation under subsection (c)(1)(A). 
‘‘(h) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—
‘‘(1) POSTAL SERVICE FUND.—Except as pro-
vided under paragraph (2), amounts collected under 
subsection (c)(1)(B) and (C) shall be deposited into 
the Postal Service Fund under section 2003. 
‘‘(2) TREASURY.—Amounts collected under sub-
section (c)(1)(A) and any punitive damages collected 
under subsection (c)(1)(C) shall be deposited into 
the Treasury of the United States.’’.
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(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
2003(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘purposes.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘purposes; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) any amounts collected under section 
3018.’’. 
(2) The analysis for chapter 30 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘3018. Hazardous material.’’.
(d) INJURIOUS ARTICLES AS NONMAILABLE.—Sec-
tion 1716(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘explosives,’’ the following: ‘‘hazardous 
materials,’’. 
SEC. 1009. ZIP CODES AND RETAIL HOURS. 
(a) ZIP CODES.—Not later than September 30, 
2007, the United States Postal Service shall assign a sin-
gle, unified ZIP code to serve, as nearly as practicable, 
each of the following communities: 
(1) Auburn Township, Ohio. 
(2) Hanahan, South Carolina. 
(3) Bradbury, California. 
(4) Discovery Bay, California.
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(b) RETAIL HOURS.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
Postal Service shall provide the same window service hours 
for the Fairport Harbor Branch of the United States Post 
Office in Painesville, Ohio, as were in effect as of Decem-
ber 1, 2005.
SEC. 1010. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 3681 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3628’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 3662 through 3664’’. 
(b) SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS.—Section 3682 of title 
39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 3682. Size and weight limits 
‘‘The Postal Service may establish size and weight 
limitations for mail matter in the market-dominant cat-
egory of mail consistent with regulations the Postal Regu-
latory Commission may prescribe under section 3622. The 
Postal Service may establish size and weight limitations 
for mail matter in the competitive category of mail con-
sistent with its authority under section 3632.’’. 
(c) REVENUE FOREGONE, ETC.—Title 39, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 503 (as so redesignated by sec-
tion 601), by striking ‘‘this chapter.’’ and inserting 
‘‘this title.’’; and
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(2) in section 2401(d), by inserting ‘‘(as last in 
effect before enactment of the Postal Accountability 
and Enhancement Act)’’ after ‘‘3626(a)’’ and after 
‘‘3626(a)(3)(B)(ii)’’. 
(d) APPROPRIATIONS
AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
(1) APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (e) of sec-
tion 2401 of title 39, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘Committee on Post Office 
and Civil Service’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Committee on Government Reform’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Not later than March 15 
of each year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Each year,’’. 
(2) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Sections 
2803(a) and 2804(a) of title 39, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘2401(g)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2401(e)’’.
(e) AUTHORITY TO FIX RATES AND CLASSES GEN-
ERALLY; REQUIREMENT RELATING TO LETTERS SEALED 
AGAINST INSPECTION.—Section 404 of title 39, United 
States Code (as amended by section 102) is further 
amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as sub-
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sections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after 
subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) Except as otherwise provided, the Governors are 
authorized to establish reasonable and equitable classes of 
mail and reasonable and equitable rates of postage and 
fees for postal services in accordance with the provisions 
of chapter 36. Postal rates and fees shall be reasonable 
and equitable and sufficient to enable the Postal Service, 
under best practices of honest, efficient, and economical 
management, to maintain and continue the development 
of postal services of the kind and quality adapted to the 
needs of the United States. 
‘‘(c) The Postal Service shall maintain one or more 
classes of mail for the transmission of letters sealed 
against inspection. The rate for each such class shall be 
uniform throughout the United States, its territories, and 
possessions. One such class shall provide for the most ex-
peditious handling and transportation afforded mail mat-
ter by the Postal Service. No letter of such a class of do-
mestic origin shall be opened except under authority of 
a search warrant authorized by law, or by an officer or 
employee of the Postal Service for the sole purpose of de-
termining an address at which the letter can be delivered, 
or pursuant to the authorization of the addressee.’’.
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(f) LIMITATIONS.—Section 3684 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by striking all that follows ‘‘any 
provision’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title.’’. 
(g) MISCELLANEOUS.—Title 39, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) in section 1005(d)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (g) of section 
5532,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘8344,’’ and inserting 
‘‘8344’’; 
(2) in the analysis for part III, by striking the 
item relating to chapter 28 and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘28. Strategic Planning and Performance Management .... 2801’’;
(3) in section 3005(a)—
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
striking all that follows ‘‘nonmailable’’ and pre-
cedes ‘‘(h),’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
3001(d),’’; and 
(B) in the sentence following paragraph 
(3), by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmailable’’ 
and precedes ‘‘(h),’’ and inserting ‘‘under such 
section 3001(d),’’; 
(4) in section 3210(a)(6)(C), by striking the 
matter after ‘‘if such mass mailing’’ and before
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‘‘than 60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘is postmarked 
fewer’’; and 
(5) by striking the heading for section 3627 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘§ 3627. Adjusting free rates’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6407
AN ACT 
To reform the postal laws of the United States.