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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3163 
To establish certain requirements relating to area mail processing studies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To establish certain requirements relating to area mail 
processing studies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘AMP study’’ means an area mail 
processing study (as further defined in any manual 
or handbook prepared by the Postal Service) which 
relates to consolidating the operations of 2 or more 
postal facilities; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means the United 
States Postal Service. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AMP STUDIES. 
(a) DEADLINE
FOR
COMPLETION
OF
AN
AMP 
STUDY.—The results of an AMP study shall not be cog-
nizable for any purpose unless such study is completed on 
or before— 
(1) the 180th day after the date on which such 
study is initiated (as determined under applicable 
provisions of the manual or handbook referred to in 
section 1(1)); or 
(2) such later date (following the 180th day re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)) as the Postal Service 
may determine, if— 
(A) that later date is not more than 60 
days after the 180th day referred to in para-
graph (1); and 
(B) notice of that later date is provided, on 
or before the 180th day referred to in para-
graph (1), to persons likely to be affected by 
the results of the study. 
(b) PRESERVATION OF STATUS QUO PENDING COM-
PLETION OF A STUDY.—The Postal Service shall ensure 
that no reduction in the workforce of, and no removal of 
equipment from, any postal facility occurs during the pe-
riod beginning on the date on which an AMP study is initi-
ated in connection with such facility and ending on the 
earliest of— 
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(1) the date on which such study is completed; 
(2) the deadline for completion of such study 
under subsection (a); or 
(3) the date as of which the Postal Service re-
scinds its plans for the consolidation involved. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall apply with respect 
to— 
(1) any AMP study which is initiated on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any AMP study which is initiated before, 
and which remains pending on, the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of an AMP study 
described in subsection (a)(2), section 2 shall be applied 
by treating any reference to the 180th day after the date 
on which such study is initiated to refer to such 180th 
day or the 60th day after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, whichever is later. 
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