In the Senate of the United States,
February 9, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 22) entitled ‘‘An Act to reform the postal laws
of the United States.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act’’.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—DEFINITIONS; POSTAL SERVICES
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Postal Services.
TITLE II—MODERN RATE REGULATION
Sec. 201. Provisions relating to market-dominant products.
Sec. 202. Provisions relating to competitive products.
Sec. 203. Provisions relating to experimental and new products.
Sec. 204. Reporting requirements and related provisions.
Sec. 205. Complaints; appellate review and enforcement.
Sec. 206. Clerical amendment.
TITLE III—MODERN SERVICE STANDARDS
Sec. 301. Establishment of modern service standards.
Sec. 302. Postal service plan.
TITLE IV—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FAIR COMPETITION
Sec. 401. Postal Service Competitive Products Fund.
Sec. 402. Assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income.
Sec. 403. Unfair competition prohibited.
Sec. 404. Suits by and against the Postal Service.
Sec. 405. International postal arrangements.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Qualification and term requirements for Governors.
Sec. 502. Obligations.
Sec. 503. Private carriage of letters.
Sec. 504. Rulemaking authority.
Sec. 505. Noninterference with collective bargaining agreements.
Sec. 506. Bonus authority.
TITLE VI—ENHANCED REGULATORY COMMISSION
Sec. 601. Reorganization and modification of certain provisions relating to the
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Sec. 602. Authority for Postal Regulatory Commission to issue subpoenas.
Sec. 603. Authorization of appropriations from the Postal Service Fund.
Sec. 604. Redesignation of the Postal Rate Commission.
Sec. 605. Financial transparency.
TITLE VII—EVALUATIONS
Sec. 701. Assessments of ratemaking, classification, and other provisions.
Sec. 702. Report on universal postal service and the postal monopoly.
Sec. 703. Study on equal application of laws to competitive products.
Sec. 704. Report on postal workplace safety and workplace-related injuries.
Sec. 705. Study on recycled paper.
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TITLE VIII—POSTAL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND HEALTH
BENEFITS FUNDING
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Civil Service Retirement System.
Sec. 803. Health insurance.
Sec. 804. Repeal of disposition of savings provision.
Sec. 805. Effective dates.
TITLE IX—COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
Sec. 901. Temporary disability; continuation of pay.
Sec. 902. Disability retirement for postal employees.
TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 1001. Employment of postal police officers.
Sec. 1002. Obsolete provisions.
Sec. 1003. Reduced rates.
Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress regarding Postal Service purchasing reform.
Sec. 1005. Contracts for transportation of mail by air.
TITLE I—DEFINITIONS; POSTAL
SERVICES
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
Section 102 of title 39, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting a semi-
colon, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) ‘postal service’ refers to the physical deliv-
ery of letters, printed matter, or packages weighing
up to 70 pounds, including physical acceptance, col-
lection, sorting, transportation, or other functions an-
cillary thereto;
‘‘(6) ‘product’ means a postal service with a dis-
tinct cost or market characteristic for which a rate or
rates are applied;
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‘‘(7) ‘rates’, as used with respect to products, in-
cludes fees for postal services;
‘‘(8) ‘market-dominant product’ or ‘product in
the market-dominant category of mail’ means a prod-
uct subject to subchapter I of chapter 36; and
‘‘(9) ‘competitive product’ or ‘product in the
competitive category of mail’ means a product subject
to subchapter II of chapter 36; and
‘‘(10) ‘year’, as used in chapter 36 (other than
subchapters I and VI thereof), means a fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 102. POSTAL SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (6)
and by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as
paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) Except as provided in section 411, nothing in this
title shall be considered to permit or require that the Postal
Service provide any special nonpostal or similar services.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
1402(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (98
Stat. 2170; 42 U.S.C. 10601(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘404(a)(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘404(a)(7)’’.
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(2) Section 2003(b)(1) of title 39, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘and nonpostal’’.
TITLE II—MODERN RATE
REGULATION
SEC. 201. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MARKET-DOMINANT
PRODUCTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by striking sections 3621 and 3622
and inserting the following:
‘‘§ 3621. Applicability; definitions
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—This subchapter shall apply
with respect to—
‘‘(1) first-class mail letters and sealed parcels;
‘‘(2) first-class mail cards;
‘‘(3) periodicals;
‘‘(4) standard mail;
‘‘(5) single-piece parcel post;
‘‘(6) media mail;
‘‘(7) bound printed matter;
‘‘(8) library mail;
‘‘(9) special services; and
‘‘(10) single-piece international mail,
subject to any changes the Postal Regulatory Commission
may make under section 3642.
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‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Mail matter referred
to in subsection (a) shall, for purposes of this subchapter,
be considered to have the meaning given to such mail matter
under the mail classification schedule.
‘‘§ 3622. Modern rate regulation
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY GENERALLY.—The Postal Regulatory
Commission shall, within 12 months after the date of enact-
ment of this section, by regulation establish (and may from
time to time thereafter by regulation revise) a modern sys-
tem for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant
products.
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—Such system shall be designed to
achieve the following objectives, each of which shall be ap-
plied in conjunction with the others:
‘‘(1) To reduce the administrative burden and
increase the transparency of the ratemaking process
while affording reasonable opportunities for interested
parties to participate in that process.
‘‘(2) To create predictability and stability in
rates.
‘‘(3) To maximize incentives to reduce costs and
increase efficiency.
‘‘(4) To enhance mail security and deter ter-
rorism by promoting secure, sender-identified mail.