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‘‘(2) contracts between such a Program plan 
and the PDP sponsor of such a prescription drug 
plan.’’. 
(c) INFORMATION SHARING AND DISSEMINATION RE-
QUIRED FOR SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND EN-
FORCEMENT
OF
PART
B ENROLLMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘Medicare part A’’, ‘‘Medicare part B’’, ‘‘Of-
fice’’, ‘‘Postal Service’’, and ‘‘Postal Service annu-
itant’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 8903c of title 5, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(2) INFORMATION SHARING BY OPM.—The Of-
fice shall, by regulation, establish a process for pro-
viding such information as is necessary to the Social 
Security Administration regarding Postal Service an-
nuitants (and the family members of such annu-
itants) who may be eligible to enroll under Medicare 
part B during the special enrollment period de-
scribed in subsection (o) of section 1837 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p), as added by 
subsection (b), or who may be subject to the enroll-
ment requirements described in paragraphs (1) and 
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(2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(3) INFORMATION SHARING BY SSA.—The So-
cial Security Administration shall provide to the Of-
fice and the Postal Service information regarding 
whether a Postal Service annuitant, or a family 
member of such an annuitant, is entitled to benefits 
under Medicare part A and enrolled under Medicare 
part B, to assist the Office and the Postal Service 
in determining— 
(A) which Postal Service annuitants, and 
family members of such annuitants, may be eli-
gible to enroll under Medicare part B during 
the special enrollment period described in para-
graph (2); and 
(B) whether Postal Service annuitants, and 
family members of such annuitants, satisfy the 
enrollment requirements described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 
5, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a). 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) CMS 
APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Pro-
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gram Management Account, for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $7,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the purposes of carrying out this section, 
including the amendments made by this section. 
(2) SSA 
APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Social Security Administration for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the purposes of carrying out this 
section (with the exception of the purposes set forth 
in subsection (c)(3)(B)), including the amendments 
made by this section. 
(3) OPM 
APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Office of Personnel Management for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $70,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the purposes of carrying out this 
section, including the amendments made by this sec-
tion. 
(4) FUNDS CREDITED BY POSTAL SERVICE.— 
The United States Postal Service shall deposit an 
amount equal to the sum of the amounts appro-
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priated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) into the 
Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt from the Postal 
Service Fund in fiscal year 2022. 
(5) REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERIODIC SSA DATA 
SHARING.— 
(A) 
INTER-AGENCY
AGREEMENT.—The 
Commissioner of Social Security shall enter into 
an agreement with the Director of the Office 
under which the Director pays the Commis-
sioner from the Postal Service administrative 
reserve the full costs (including systems and ad-
ministrative costs) of providing the information 
described in subsection (c)(3) for the purpose 
set forth in subsection (c)(3)(B). 
(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director 
of the Office— 
(i) shall report the amount paid under 
subparagraph (A) annually to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(ii) may satisfy the requirement under 
clause (i) by including the amount paid 
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under subparagraph (A) in any other an-
nual report submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 102. USPS FAIRNESS ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘USPS Fairness Act’’. 
(b) RATIONAL BENEFITS FUNDING AND ACCOUNT-
ING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8909a of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking sub-
section (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than June 30, 2026, and by June 
30 of each succeeding year, the Office shall compute, for 
the most recently concluded fiscal year, the amount (if 
any) that Government contributions required to be paid 
from the Fund under section 8906(g)(2)(A) exceeded the 
estimated net claims costs under the enrollment of the in-
dividuals described in section 8906(g)(2)(A). 
‘‘(2) Not later than September 30 of each year in 
which the Office makes a computation under paragraph 
(1), the United States Postal Service shall pay into the 
Fund the amount (if any) of the excess computed under 
such paragraph. 
‘‘(e) Any computation required under section 3654(b) 
of title 39 shall be based on— 
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‘‘(1) the net present value of the future net 
claims costs with respect to— 
‘‘(A) current annuitants of the United 
States Postal Service as of the end of the fiscal 
year ending on September 30 of the relevant re-
porting year; and 
‘‘(B) current employees of the United 
States Postal Service who would, as of Sep-
tember 30 of that year— 
‘‘(i) be eligible to become annuitants 
pursuant to section 8901(3)(A)(i) or (ii); 
and 
‘‘(ii) if they were retired as of that 
date, meet the criteria for coverage of an-
nuitants under section 8905(b); 
‘‘(2) economic and actuarial methods and as-
sumptions consistent with the methods and assump-
tions used in determining the Postal surplus or sup-
plemental liability under section 8348(h); and 
‘‘(3) any other methods and assumptions, in-
cluding a health care cost trend rate, that the Direc-
tor of the Office determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(f) 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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