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Union Calendar No. 118 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 22 
[Report No. 111–216] 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United 
States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants’ 
health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. MCHUGH (for himself and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
JULY 21, 2009 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. WALZ, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. PAS-
TOR of Arizona, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 
SESTAK, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. MASSA, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. BARTLETT, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. VIS-
CLOSKY, Mr. REHBERG, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mr. SPACE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
CARNEY, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Mr. HARE, Mr. BOSWELL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BURTON of Indi-
ana, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. 
OBERSTAR, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. 
FILNER, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. BERRY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. MIL-
LER of Michigan, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
GRAVES, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. PATRICK J. 
MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. MAN-
ZULLO, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
GRAYSON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. MALONEY, 
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Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COFFMAN 
of Colorado, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HILL, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. ADLER of New 
Jersey, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. GIFFORDS, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ARCURI, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. CONNOLLY 
of Virginia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. DENT, Ms. TITUS, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. 
HARMAN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
MITCHELL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. JACK-
SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CARDOZA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. 
PRICE
of North Carolina, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. TURNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Mr. HODES, Mr. CAO, Mr. KIND, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. BRADY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. ISSA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of 
Ohio, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, 
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
GERLACH, 
Mrs. 
LUMMIS, 
Ms. 
KOSMAS, 
Mr. 
SALAZAR, 
Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK of Michigan, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. CHILDERS, 
Mr. BLUNT, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. DICKS, Mr. 
KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mrs. 
BONO MACK, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LUCAS, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. MOLLOHAN, 
Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, 
Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WU, Mr. 
PUTNAM, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Ms. 
FOXX, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Illinois, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. 
GALLEGLY, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
HALL of New York, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. STARK, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. 
WAXMAN, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
NADLER of New York, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. BARROW, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Mr. SKELTON, Mr. WEINER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. BUYER, Mr. LEE 
of New York, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
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ETHERIDGE, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. MICA, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. WATSON, Ms. 
FUDGE, Ms. KILROY, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. TSONGAS, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NYE, 
Mr. POMEROY, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. BONNER, Mr. NEAL of 
Massachusetts, Mr. COBLE, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. CARTER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LATTA, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. AUSTRIA, Ms. BEAN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. CAMP, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. REYES, 
Mr. PAULSEN, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MILLER of 
Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SCHOCK, 
and Mr. SESSIONS 
JULY 21, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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A BILL 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to 
allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share 
of contributions for annuitants’ health benefits out of 
the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POSTAL 
ANNUITANTS’ HEALTH BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8906(g)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall through 
September 30, 2016, be paid by the United States Postal 
Service, and thereafter’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall be effective as of October 1, 2008. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Postal 
Service Financial Relief Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POSTAL ANNU-
ITANTS’ HEALTH BENEFITS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2)(A) of section 
8906(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A)(i) The Government contributions authorized 
by this section for health benefits for an individual who first 
becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from 
employment with the United States Postal Service on or 
after July 1, 1971, or for a survivor of such an individual 
or of an individual who died on or after July 1, 1971, while 
employed by the Postal Service, shall— 
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‘‘(I) except as provided in clause (ii), be paid by 
the Postal Service through September 30, 2016; and 
‘‘(II) after September 30, 2016, 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 Postal Service. 
‘‘(ii) The Government contributions payable under this 
paragraph for a fiscal year which is within the period 
beginning with fiscal year 2009 and ending with fiscal year 
2011 shall be paid in the manner set forth in clause (i)(II) 
(rather than clause (i)(I)).’’. 
(b) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE; 
RECOVERY
OF
PRIOR 
PAYMENTS; DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This section and the 
amendment made by this section shall be effective as 
of October 1, 2008, and shall apply with respect to 
Government contributions payable for pay periods 
beginning on or after that date. 
(2) RECOVERY OF PRIOR PAYMENTS.—In the case 
of any direct contributions made for any pay period 
beginning on or after the effective date of this section 
and ending before the date of enactment of this Act, 
the United States Postal Service may recover the 
amount of those direct contributions so made through 
offsets against any amounts which (but for this 
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paragraph) would otherwise be payable, on or after 
such date of enactment, under section 8909a of title 
5, United States Code. 
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection 
the term ‘‘direct contributions’’ refers to contributions 
payable in the manner described in subclause (I) of 
section 8906(g)(2)(A)(i) of title 5, United States Code 
(as amended by subsection (a)). 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
The heading for section 8909a of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘BENEFIT’’ and inserting 
‘‘BENEFITS’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 118 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 22 
[Report No. 111–216] 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code, to allow the United States Postal Service 
to pay its share of contributions for annuitants’ 
health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree 
Health Benefits Fund. 
JULY 21, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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