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‘‘(A) notwithstanding any delegation of au-
thority with respect to postal contracts, the ulti-
mate responsibility and accountability for the 
award and administration of postal contracts re-
sides with the senior procurement executive; and 
‘‘(B) a contracting officer shall maintain 
an awareness of and engagement in the activities 
being performed on postal contracts of which 
that officer has cognizance, notwithstanding any 
delegation of authority that may have been exe-
cuted. 
‘‘(b) POSTING OF DELEGATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The head of each covered 
postal entity shall make any delegation of authority 
for postal contracts outside the functional contracting 
unit readily available and accessible on the website of 
the covered postal entity. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This paragraph shall 
apply to any delegation of authority made on or after 
30 days after the date of enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 704. Posting of noncompetitive purchase requests 
for noncompetitive contracts 
‘‘(a) POSTING REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) POSTAL
REGULATORY
COMMISSION.—The 
Postal Regulatory Commission shall make the non-
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competitive purchase request for any noncompetitive 
award for any contract (including any agreement or 
memorandum of understanding) entered into by the 
Postal Regulatory Commission for the procurement of 
goods and services, in an amount of $20,000 or more, 
including the rationale supporting the noncompetitive 
award, publicly available on the website of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission— 
‘‘(A) not later than 14 days after the date 
of the award of the noncompetitive contract; or 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date 
of the award of the noncompetitive contract, if 
the basis for the award was a compelling busi-
ness interest. 
‘‘(2) POSTAL SERVICE.—The Postal Service shall 
make the noncompetitive purchase request for any 
noncompetitive award of a postal contract in an 
amount of $250,000 or more, including the rationale 
supporting the noncompetitive award, publicly avail-
able on the website of the Postal Service— 
‘‘(A) not later than 14 days after the date 
of the award; or 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date 
of the award, if the basis for the award was a 
compelling business interest. 
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‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POSTING THRESH-
OLD FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) REVIEW
AND
DETERMINATION.—Not 
later than January 31 of each year, the Postal 
Service shall— 
‘‘(i) review the $250,000 threshold es-
tablished under paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(ii) based on any change in the Con-
sumer Price Index for all-urban consumers 
of the Department of Labor, determine 
whether an adjustment to the threshold shall 
be made. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENTS.—An ad-
justment under subparagraph (A) shall be made 
in increments of $5,000. If the Postal Service de-
termines that a change in the Consumer Price 
Index for a year would require an adjustment in 
an amount that is less than $5,000, the Postal 
Service may not make an adjustment to the 
threshold for the year. 
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply to any noncompetitive contract awarded on or 
after the date that is 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
information required to be made publicly available by 
a covered postal entity under subsection (a) shall be 
readily accessible on the website of the covered postal 
entity. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION
OF
PROPRIETARY
INFORMA-
TION.—A covered postal entity shall— 
‘‘(A) carefully screen any description of the 
rationale supporting a noncompetitive award re-
quired to be made publicly available under sub-
section (a) to determine whether the description 
includes proprietary data (including any ref-
erence or citation to the proprietary data) or se-
curity-related information; and 
‘‘(B) remove any proprietary data or secu-
rity-related information before making publicly 
available a description of the rationale sup-
porting a noncompetitive award. 
‘‘(c) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER PERMITTED.—If the Postal Service 
determines that making a noncompetitive purchase 
request for a postal contract of the Postal Service pub-
licly available would risk placing the Postal Service 
at a competitive disadvantage relative to a private 
sector competitor, the senior procurement executive, in 
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consultation with the advocate for competition of the 
Postal Service, may waive the requirements under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) FORM AND CONTENT OF WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) FORM.—A waiver under paragraph 
(1) shall be in the form of a written determina-
tion placed in the file of the contract to which 
the noncompetitive purchase agreement relates. 
‘‘(B) CONTENT.—A waiver under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the risk associated 
with making the noncompetitive purchase 
request publicly available; and 
‘‘(ii) a statement that redaction of sen-
sitive information in the noncompetitive 
purchase request would not be sufficient to 
protect the Postal Service from being placed 
at a competitive disadvantage relative to a 
private sector competitor. 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The 
Postal Service may not delegate the authority to ap-
prove a waiver under paragraph (1) to any employee 
having less authority than the senior procurement ex-
ecutive. 
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‘‘§ 705. Review of ethical issues 
‘‘If a contracting officer identifies any ethical issues 
relating to a proposed contract and submits those issues and 
that proposed contract to the designated ethics official for 
the covered postal entity before the awarding of that con-
tract, that ethics official shall— 
‘‘(1) review the proposed contract; and 
‘‘(2) advise the contracting officer on the appro-
priate resolution of ethical issues. 
‘‘§ 706. Ethical restrictions on participation in certain 
contracting activity 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered employee’ means— 
‘‘(A) a contracting officer; or 
‘‘(B) any employee of a covered postal enti-
ty whose decision making affects a postal con-
tract as determined by regulations prescribed by 
the head of a covered postal entity; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘final conviction’ means a convic-
tion, whether entered on a verdict or plea, including 
a plea of nolo contendere, for which a sentence has 
been imposed; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘covered relationship’ means a cov-
ered relationship described in section 2635.502(b)(1) 
of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor thereto. 
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‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The head of each covered 
postal entity shall prescribe regulations that— 
‘‘(A) require a covered employee to include 
in the file of any noncompetitive purchase re-
quest for a noncompetitive postal contract a 
written certification that— 
‘‘(i) discloses any covered relationship 
of the covered employee; and 
‘‘(ii) states that the covered employee 
will not take any action with respect to the 
noncompetitive purchase request that affects 
the financial interests of a friend, relative, 
or person with whom the covered employee 
is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, 
or otherwise gives rise to an appearance of 
the use of public office for private gain, as 
described in section 2635.702 of title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor thereto; 
‘‘(B) require a contracting officer to consult 
with the ethics counsel for the covered postal en-
tity regarding any disclosure made by a covered 
employee under subparagraph (A)(i), to deter-
mine whether participation by the covered em-
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ployee in the noncompetitive purchase request 
would give rise to a violation of part 2635 of 
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly 
referred to as the Standards of Ethical Conduct 
for Employees of the Executive Branch), or any 
successor thereto; 
‘‘(C) require the ethics counsel for a covered 
postal entity to review any disclosure made by 
a contracting officer under subparagraph (A)(i) 
to determine whether participation by the con-
tracting officer in the noncompetitive purchase 
request would give rise to a violation of part 
2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations 
(commonly referred to as the Standards of Eth-
ical Conduct for Employees of the Executive 
Branch), or any successor thereto; 
‘‘(D) under subsections (d) and (e) of sec-
tion 2635.502 of title 5, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor thereto, require the ethics 
counsel for a covered postal entity to— 
‘‘(i) authorize a covered employee that 
makes a disclosure under subparagraph 
(A)(i) to participate in the noncompetitive 
postal contract; or 
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‘‘(ii) disqualify a covered employee 
that makes a disclosure under subparagraph 
(A)(i) from participating in the non-
competitive postal contract; 
‘‘(E) require a contractor to timely disclose 
to the contracting officer in a bid, solicitation, 
award, or performance of a postal contract any 
conflict of interest with a covered employee; and 
‘‘(F) include authority for the head of the 
covered postal entity to grant a waiver or other-
wise mitigate any organizational or personal 
conflict of interest, if the head of the covered 
postal entity determines that the waiver or miti-
gation is in the best interests of the covered post-
al entity. 
‘‘(2) POSTING OF WAIVERS.—Not later than 30 
days after the head of a covered postal entity grants 
a waiver described in paragraph (1)(F), the head of 
the covered postal entity shall make the waiver pub-
licly available on the website of the covered postal en-
tity. 
‘‘(c) CONTRACT VOIDANCE AND RECOVERY.— 
‘‘(1) UNLAWFUL
CONDUCT.—In any case in 
which there is a final conviction for a violation of 
any provision of chapter 11 of title 18 relating to a 
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postal contract, the head of a covered postal entity 
may— 
‘‘(A) void that contract; and 
‘‘(B) recover the amounts expended and 
property transferred by the covered postal entity 
under that contract. 
‘‘(2) OBTAINING OR DISCLOSING PROCUREMENT 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a 
contractor under a postal contract fails to timely 
disclose a conflict of interest to the appropriate 
contracting officer as required under the regula-
tions promulgated under subsection (b)(1)(E), 
the head of a covered postal entity may— 
‘‘(i) void that contract; and 
‘‘(ii) recover the amounts expended and 
property transferred by the covered postal 
entity under that contract. 
‘‘(B) CONVICTION OR ADMINISTRATIVE DE-
TERMINATION.—A case described under subpara-
graph (A) is any case in which— 
‘‘(i) there is a final conviction for an 
offense punishable under section 2105 of 
title 41; or 
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‘‘(ii) the head of a covered postal entity 
determines, based upon a preponderance of 
the evidence, that the contractor or someone 
acting for the contractor has engaged in 
conduct constituting an offense punishable 
under section 2105 of such title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters at 
the beginning of part I is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘7. Contracting Provisions ..................................................................
701’’. 
SEC. 502. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION. 
Section 7101(8) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; REF-
ERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as 
the ‘‘Postal Reform Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents of this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references. 
TITLE I—POSTAL SERVICE MODERNIZATION 
Subtitle A—Commission on Postal Reorganization 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Commission on Postal Reorganization. 
Sec. 104. Recommendations for closures and consolidations. 
Sec. 105. Implementation of closures and consolidations. 
Sec. 106. Congressional consideration of final CPR reports. 
Sec. 107. Nonappealability of decisions. 
Sec. 108. Rules of construction. 
Sec. 109. GAO study and report. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
Sec. 111. Implementation of discretionary non-mail delivery 
days. 
Sec. 112. Efficient and flexible universal postal service. 
Sec. 113. Enhanced reporting on Postal Service efficiency. 
Sec. 114. Applicability of procedures relating to closures and 
consolidations. 
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY 
Subtitle A—Establishment and Organization 
Sec. 201. Purposes. 
Sec. 202. Establishment of the Authority. 
Sec. 203. Membership and qualification requirements. 
Sec. 204. Organization. 
Sec. 205. Executive Director and staff. 
Sec. 206. Funding. 
Subtitle B—Powers of the Authority 
Sec. 211. Powers. 
Sec. 212. Exemption from liability for claims. 
Sec. 213. Treatment of actions arising under this title. 
Sec. 214. Delivery point modernization. 
Subtitle C—Establishment and Enforcement of Financial Plan 
and Budget for the Postal Service 
Sec. 221. Development of financial plan and budget for the 
Postal Service. 
Sec. 222. Supplementary borrowing authority during a control 
period. 
Sec. 223. Process for submission and approval of financial plan 
and budget. 
Sec. 224. Responsibilities of the Authority. 
Sec. 225. Effect of finding noncompliance with financial plan 
and budget. 
Sec. 226. Recommendations regarding financial stability, etc. 
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Sec. 227. Special rules for fiscal year in which control period 
commences. 
Sec. 228. Assistance in achieving financial stability, etc. 
Sec. 229. Obtaining reports. 
Sec. 230. Reports and comments. 
TITLE III—POSTAL SERVICE WORKFORCE 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 301. Modifications relating to determination of pay com-
parability. 
Sec. 302. Limitation on postal contributions under FEGLI and 
FEHBP. 
Sec. 303. Repeal of provision relating to overall value of fringe 
benefits. 
Sec. 304. Applicability of reduction-in-force procedures. 
Sec. 305. Modifications relating to collective bargaining. 
Sec. 306. One-time transfer of net surplus postal retirement 
contributions. 
Subtitle B—Postal Service Workers’ Compensation Reform 
Sec. 311. Postal Service workers’ compensation reform. 
TITLE IV—POSTAL SERVICE REVENUE 
Sec. 401. Adequacy, efficiency, and fairness of postal rates. 
Sec. 402. Repeal of rate preferences for qualified political com-
mittees. 
Sec. 403. Rate preferences for nonprofit advertising. 
Sec. 404. Streamlined review of qualifying service agreements 
for competitive products. 
Sec. 405. Submission of service agreements for streamlined re-
view. 
Sec. 406. Transparency and accountability for service agree-
ments. 
Sec. 407. Nonpostal services. 
Sec. 408. Reimbursement of Alaska bypass mail costs. 
Sec. 409. Appropriations modernization. 
Sec. 410. Retiree health care benefit payment deferral. 
TITLE V—POSTAL CONTRACTING REFORM 
Sec. 501. Contracting provisions. 
Sec. 502. Technical amendment to definition. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be consid-
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ered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of title 39, United States Code. 
TITLE I—POSTAL SERVICE 
MODERNIZATION 
Subtitle A—Commission on Postal 
Reorganization 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Commis-
sion on Postal Reorganization Act’’ or the 
‘‘CPR Act’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means 
the United States Postal Service; 
(2) the term ‘‘postal retail facility’’ 
means a post office, post office branch, 
post office classified station, or other fa-
cility which is operated by the Postal 
Service, and the primary function of 
which is to provide retail postal services; 
(3) the term ‘‘mail processing facility’’ 
means a processing and distribution cen-
ter, processing and distribution facility, 
network distribution center, or other fa-
cility which is operated by the Postal 
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Service, and the primary function of 
which is to sort and process mail; 
(4) the term ‘‘district office’’ means 
the central office of an administrative 
field unit with responsibility for postal 
operations in a designated geographic 
area (as defined under regulations, direc-
tives, or other guidance of the Postal 
Service, as in effect on June 23, 2011); 
(5) the term ‘‘area office’’ means the 
central office of an administrative field 
unit with responsibility for postal oper-
ations in a designated geographic area 
which is comprised of designated geo-
graphic areas as referred to in paragraph 
(4); 
(6) the term ‘‘baseline year’’ means 
the fiscal year last ending before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(7) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ 
has the meaning given such term by sec-
tion 2106 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 103. COMMISSION ON POSTAL REORGANIZATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be estab-
lished, not later than 90 days after the date 
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of the enactment of this Act, an independent 
commission to be known as the ‘‘Commission 
on Postal Reorganization’’ (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall carry 
out the duties specified for it in this subtitle. 
(c) MEMBERS.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Commission 
shall be composed of 5 members who 
shall be appointed by the President, and 
of whom— 
(A) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(B) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the majority leader of the Senate; 
(C) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(D) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the minority leader of the Senate; and 
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(E) 1 shall be appointed from 
among individuals recommended by 
the Comptroller General. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the 
Commission shall be chosen to rep-
resent the public interest generally, 
and shall not be representatives of 
specific interests using the Postal 
Service. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY.—An individual 
may not be appointed to serve as a 
member of the Commission if such in-
dividual is a Member of Congress or 
served as an employee of the Postal 
Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, or of a labor organiza-
tion representing employees of the 
Postal Service or the Postal Regu-
latory Commission, during the 3-year 
period ending on the date of such ap-
pointment. 
(3) POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—Not more 
than 3 members of the Commission may 
be of the same political party. 
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(d) TERMS.—Each member of the Commis-
sion shall be appointed for the life of the Com-
mission and may be removed only for cause. 
(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commis-
sion shall be filled in the same manner as the 
original appointment. 
(f) CHAIRMAN.—The President shall, at the 
time of making appointments under sub-
section (c), designate one of the members to 
serve as chairman of the Commission. 
(g) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(1) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided 
in 
subparagraph 
(B), 
each 
member of the Commission shall be 
paid at a rate equal to the daily 
equivalent of $40,000 per year for 
each day (including travel time) dur-
ing which the member is engaged in 
the actual performance of duties vest-
ed in the Commission. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Any member of 
the Commission who is a full-time of-
ficer or employee of the United States 
may not receive additional pay, al-
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lowances, or benefits by reason of 
such member’s service on the Com-
mission. 
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each member 
shall receive travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accord-
ance with applicable provisions of sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(h) 
DIRECTOR.—The 
Commission 
shall 
have a Director who shall be appointed by the 
Commission. The Director shall be paid at the 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code. An appointment under this sub-
section shall be subject to the requirements of 
subsection (c)(2). 
(i) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—With the ap-
proval of the Commission, the Director may 
appoint and fix the pay of such additional 
personnel as the Director considers appro-
priate. Such additional personnel may be ap-
pointed without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and may be 
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paid without regard to the provisions of chap-
ter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that an individual 
so appointed may not receive pay at a rate of 
basic pay in excess of the rate of basic pay 
payable to the Director. An individual ap-
pointed under this subsection shall serve at 
the pleasure of the Director. 
(j) PROVISIONS RELATING TO DETAILS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the 
Director, the head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency may detail any of the per-
sonnel of such department or agency to 
the Commission to assist the Commission 
in carrying out its duties under this sub-
title. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, to provide continuity in the 
work of the Commission, such details 
may be extended beyond 1 year at the re-
quest of the Director. 
(2) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Not more 
than 1⁄3 of the personnel of the Commis-
sion may consist of the number of indi-
viduals on detail from the Postal Service 
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and the Postal Regulatory Commission 
combined. 
(3) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—A person may 
not be detailed to the Commission from 
the Postal Service or the Postal Regu-
latory Commission if such person partici-
pated personally and substantially on 
any matter, within the Postal Service or 
the Postal Regulatory Commission, con-
cerning the preparation of recommenda-
tions for closures or consolidations of 
postal facilities under this subtitle. No 
employee of the Postal Service or the 
Postal Regulatory Commission (including 
a detailee to the Postal Service or the 
Postal Regulatory Commission) may— 
(A) 
prepare 
any 
report 
con-
cerning the effectiveness, fitness, or 
efficiency of the performance, on the 
staff of the Commission, of any per-
son detailed from the Postal Service 
or the Postal Regulatory Commission 
to such staff; 
(B) review the preparation of 
such a report; or 
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(C) approve or disapprove such a 
report. 
(k) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The 
Commission may procure by contract, to 
the extent funds are available, temporary 
or intermittent services under section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) LEASING, 
ETC.—The Commission 
may lease space and acquire personal 
property to the extent funds are avail-
able. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
order to carry out this section, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated out of the Postal 
Service Fund $20,000,000, which funds shall 
remain available until expended. 
(m) FINANCIAL REPORTING.— 
(1) 
AUDIT
AND
EXPENDITURES.—The 
Commission 
shall 
be 
responsible 
for 
issuing annual financial statements and 
for establishing and maintaining ade-
quate controls over its financial report-
ing. 
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(2) INTERNAL
AUDITS.—The Commis-
sion shall maintain an adequate internal 
audit of its financial transactions. 
(3) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—The Com-
mission shall obtain an annual certifi-
cation for each fiscal year from an inde-
pendent, certified public accounting firm 
of the accuracy of its financial state-
ments. 
(4) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The ac-
counts and operations of the Commission 
shall be audited by the Comptroller Gen-
eral and reports thereon made to the 
Congress to the extent and at such times 
as the Comptroller General may deter-
mine. 
(n) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall 
terminate 60 days after submitting its final re-
ports under section 104(d)(3). 
SEC. 104. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLOSURES AND CON-
SOLIDATIONS. 
(a) PLAN FOR THE CLOSURE OR CONSOLIDA-
TION OF POSTAL RETAIL FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of 
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this Act, the Postal Service, in consulta-
tion with the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion, shall develop and submit to the 
Commission on Postal Reorganization a 
plan for the closure or consolidation of 
such postal retail facilities as the Postal 
Service considers necessary and appro-
priate so that the total annual costs at-
tributable to the operation of postal re-
tail facilities will be, for each fiscal year 
beginning at least 2 years after the date 
on which the Commission transmits to 
Congress its final report under sub-
section (d)(3)(A) relating to this sub-
section, at least $1,000,000,000 less than 
the corresponding total annual costs for 
the baseline year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall in-
clude— 
(A) a list of the postal retail facili-
ties proposed for closure or consoli-
dation under this subtitle; 
(B) a proposed schedule under 
which— 
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