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‘‘(C) The Office shall review the determination of the 
normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States 
Postal Service and make such adjustments as the Office 
considers necessary— 
‘‘(i) upon request of the United States Postal 
Service, but not more frequently than once each fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(ii) at such other times as the Office considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(6) For the purpose of carrying out subsection 
(b)(1)(B), and consistent with paragraph (5), for fiscal 
year 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Office— 
‘‘(A) shall use demographic factors specific to 
current and former employees of the United States 
Postal Service, unless such data cannot be gen-
erated; and 
‘‘(B) may use economic assumptions regarding 
wage and salary growth that reflect the specific past, 
and likely future, pay for current employees of the 
United States Postal Service.’’. 
(b) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8348(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), 
consistent with section 8423(b)(1)(B), for fiscal year 
2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Office— 
‘‘(A) shall use demographic factors specific to 
current and former employees of the United States 
Postal Service, unless such data cannot be gen-
erated; and 
‘‘(B) may use economic assumptions regarding 
wage and salary growth that reflect the specific past, 
and likely future, pay for current employees of the 
United States Postal Service.’’. 
TITLE VI—POSTAL 
CONTRACTING REFORM 
SEC. 601. CONTRACTING PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 7—CONTRACTING PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘701. Definitions. 
‘‘702. Advocate for competition. 
‘‘703. Delegation of contracting authority. 
‘‘704. Posting of noncompetitive purchase requests for noncompetitive contracts. 
‘‘705. Review of ethical issues. 
‘‘706. Ethical restrictions on participation in certain contracting activity. 
‘‘§ 701. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘contracting officer’ means an 
employee of a covered postal entity who has author-
ity to enter into a postal contract; 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘covered postal entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Postal Service; or 
‘‘(B) the Postal Regulatory Commission; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘head of a covered postal entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the Postal Service, the 
Postmaster General; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, the Chairman of the Postal Regu-
latory Commission; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘postal contract’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the Postal Service, any 
contract (including any agreement or memo-
randum of understanding) entered into by the 
Postal Service for the procurement of goods or 
services; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, any contract (including any agree-
ment or memorandum of understanding) in an 
amount exceeding the simplified acquisition 
threshold (as defined in section 134 of title 41 
and adjusted under section 1908 of such title) 
entered into by the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion for the procurement of goods or services; 
and 
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‘‘(5) the term ‘senior procurement executive’ 
means the senior procurement executive of a covered 
postal entity. 
‘‘§ 702. Advocate for competition 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) There is established in each covered postal 
entity an advocate for competition. 
‘‘(2) The head of each covered postal entity 
shall designate for the covered postal entity 1 or 
more officers or employees (other than the senior 
procurement executive) to serve as the advocate for 
competition. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The advocate for competi-
tion of a covered postal entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be responsible for promoting— 
‘‘(A) the contracting out of functions of 
the covered postal entity that the private sector 
can perform equally well or better, and at lower 
cost; and 
‘‘(B) competition to the maximum extent 
practicable consistent with obtaining best value 
by promoting the acquisition of commercial 
items and challenging barriers to competition; 
‘‘(2) review the procurement activities of the 
covered postal entity; and 
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‘‘(3) prepare and transmit the annual report re-
quired under subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) PREPARATION.—The advocate for competi-
tion of a covered postal entity shall prepare an an-
nual report describing the following: 
‘‘(A) The activities of the advocate under 
this section. 
‘‘(B) Initiatives required to promote con-
tracting out and competition. 
‘‘(C) Barriers to contracting out and com-
petition. 
‘‘(D) In the case of the report prepared by 
the competition advocate of the Postal Service, 
the number of waivers made by the Postal Serv-
ice under section 704(c). 
‘‘(2) TRANSMISSION.—The report under this 
subsection shall be transmitted— 
‘‘(A) to Congress; 
‘‘(B) to the head of the postal entity; 
‘‘(C) to the senior procurement executive 
of the entity; 
‘‘(D) in the case of the competition advo-
cate of the Postal Service, to each member of 
the Postal Service Board of Governors; and 
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‘‘(E) in the case of the competition advo-
cate of the Postal Regulatory Commission, to 
each of the Commissioners of the Commission. 
‘‘§ 703. Delegation of contracting authority 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) POLICY.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this chapter, the head of each 
covered postal entity shall issue a policy on con-
tracting officer delegations of authority for postal 
contracts for the covered postal entity. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The policy issued under 
paragraph (1) shall require that— 
‘‘(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 
resides with the senior procurement executive; 
and 
‘‘(B) a contracting officer shall maintain 
an awareness of and engagement in the activi-
ties being performed on postal contracts of 
which that officer has cognizance, notwith-
standing any delegation of authority that may 
have been executed. 
‘‘(b) POSTING OF DELEGATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each covered 
postal entity shall make any delegation of authority 
for postal contracts outside the functional con-
tracting unit readily available and accessible on the 
Web site 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-
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 non-
competitive award, publicly available on the Web site 
of the Postal Regulatory Commission— 
‘‘(A) not later than 14 days after the date 
of the award of the noncompetitive contract; or 
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mine whether an adjustment to the thresh-
old 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 
determines that a change in the Consumer 
Price Index for a year would require an adjust-
ment 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 en-
actment of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the information required to be made publicly avail-
able by a covered postal entity under subsection (a) 
shall be readily accessible on the Web site of the cov-
ered 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-
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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 Serv-
ice determines that making a noncompetitive pur-
chase request for a postal contract of the Postal 
Service publicly available would risk placing the 
Postal Service at a competitive disadvantage relative 
to a private sector competitor, the senior procure-
ment executive, in consultation with the advocate for 
competition of the Postal Service, may waive the re-
quirements 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 request relates. 
‘‘(B) CONTENT.—A waiver under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
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‘‘(i) a description of the risk associ-
ated with making the noncompetitive pur-
chase request publicly available; and 
‘‘(ii) a statement that redaction of 
sensitive information in the noncompetitive 
purchase request would not be sufficient to 
protect the Postal Service from being 
placed at a competitive disadvantage rel-
ative to a private sector competitor. 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION
OF
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.— 
The Postal Service may not delegate the authority to 
approve a waiver under paragraph (1) to any em-
ployee having less authority than the senior procure-
ment executive. 
‘‘§ 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 
contract, that ethics official shall— 
‘‘(1) review the proposed contract; and 
‘‘(2) advise the contracting officer on the appro-
priate resolution of ethical issues. 
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‘‘§ 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 en-
tity whose decisionmaking 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 
covered 
relationship 
described 
in 
section 
2635.502(b)(1) of title 5, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor thereto. 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(ii) states that the covered employee 
will not take any action with respect to the 
noncompetitive purchase request that af-
fects the financial interests of a friend, rel-
ative, or person with whom the covered 
employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental 
capacity, or otherwise gives rise to an ap-
pearance of the use of public office for pri-
vate gain, as described in section 2635.702 
of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor thereto; 
‘‘(B) require a contracting officer to con-
sult with the ethics counsel for the covered 
postal entity regarding any disclosure made by 
a covered employee under subparagraph (A)(i), 
to determine whether participation by the cov-
ered employee 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; 
‘‘(C) require the ethics counsel for a cov-
ered postal entity to review any disclosure made 
by a contracting officer under subparagraph 
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(A)(i) to determine whether participation by the 
contracting officer in the noncompetitive pur-
chase request would give rise to a violation of 
part 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (commonly referred to as the Standards of 
Ethical 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 Regu-
lations, 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 
‘‘(ii) disqualify a covered employee 
that makes a disclosure under subpara-
graph (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-
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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 
postal 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 Web site of the covered postal 
entity. 
‘‘(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 
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 enti-
ty 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 
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timely disclose a conflict of interest to the ap-
propriate contracting officer as required under 
the regulations 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 sub-
paragraph (A) is any case in which— 
‘‘(i) there is a final conviction for an 
offense punishable under section 2105 of 
title 41; or 
‘‘(ii) the head of a covered postal enti-
ty determines, based upon a preponderance 
of the evidence, that the contractor or 
someone acting for the contractor has en-
gaged 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’’. 
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SEC. 602. 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 sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 
SEC. 603. CONTRACT LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each covered contract entered 
into within 6 months after the date on which the Postal 
Service commences any reduction in force shall include a 
requirement that the contractor provide a preference in 
the hiring of qualifying individuals for full-time positions 
created by or as a result of the contract. 
(b) COVERED CONTRACT.—For the purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘covered contract’’ means a contract— 
(1) for an amount greater than $250,000; 
(2) entered into by the Postal Service— 
(A) within 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(B) with a person other than a small busi-
ness concern; and 
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(C) for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices; and 
(3) for which such person will hire 10 or more 
individuals. 
(c) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL.—For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘qualifying individual’’ means an in-
dividual who— 
(1) is separated from the Postal Service due to 
a reduction in force; 
(2) at the time of separation— 
(A) is a career postal employee; and 
(B) is not a retirement-eligible individual; 
(3) as of the date of hire (as referred to in sub-
section (b)(3)) has been continuously unemployed for 
a period not exceeding 78 weeks; and 
(4) is qualified for the position involved. 
(d) RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘retirement-eligible indi-
vidual’’, as used with respect to a qualifying individual, 
means an individual who, at the time of such individual’s 
separation (as described in subsection (c)(1)), satisfies the 
age and service requirements for entitlement to an annuity 
under— 
(1) subsection (a), (b), (c), or (f) of section 
8336 of title 5, United States Code; or 
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(2) subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (g) of section 
8412 of title 5, United States Code. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘small business concern’’ means a 
small business as defined pursuant to section 3 of the 
Small Business Act and relevant regulations prescribed 
pursuant thereto. 
TITLE VII—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. POSTAL FACILITY DESIGNATIONS. 
(a) FACILITIES DESIGNATED.— 
(1) OFFICER TOMMY DECKER MEMORIAL POST 
OFFICE.— 
(A) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 14 Red 
River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Officer 
Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the facility re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘Officer Tommy Decker 
Memorial Post Office’’. 
(2) RICHARD K. SALICK POST OFFICE.— 
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(A) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 500 
North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Flor-
ida, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Richard K. Salick Post Office’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the facility re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘Richard K. Salick Post 
Office’’. 
(3) NATIONAL PARK RANGER MARGARET AN-
DERSON POST OFFICE.— 
(A) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 103 
Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘National 
Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the facility re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘National Park Ranger 
Margaret Anderson Post Office’’. 
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(4) JUDGE SHIRLEY A. TOLENTINO POST OF-
FICE BUILDING.— 
(A) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 369 
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, 
New Jersey, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office 
Building’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the facility re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘Judge Shirley A. 
Tolentino Post Office Building’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that additional postal facility designations be in-
cluded in postal reform legislation. 
SEC. 702. RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS BY THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 506. Submissions by the Postal Service to the Post-
al Regulatory Commission 
‘‘Whenever the Postal Service submits to the Postal 
Regulatory Commission any notice, petition, request, or 
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other filing intended to initiate a new proceeding before 
the Commission, the Commission shall make an initial de-
termination that such filing presents adequate information 
upon which the Commission may make its decision or ad-
visory opinion. If the Commission’s initial determination 
is that the Postal Service’s filing is inadequate, it shall 
dismiss the filing without prejudice.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 5 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘506. Submissions by the Postal Service to the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 
SEC. 703. FAIR STAMP-EVIDENCING COMPETITION. 
Section 404(a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) offer to the public any postage-evidencing 
product or service that does not comply with any 
rule or regulation that would be applicable to such 
product or service if the product or service were of-
fered by a private company.’’. 
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SEC. 704. USPS INNOVATION OFFICER AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 209. USPS INNOVATION OFFICER AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Postal 
Service a Chief Innovation Officer selected by the Post-
master General who shall have proven expertise and a 
record of success in 1 or more of the following: postal and 
shipping industry, innovation product research and devel-
opment, marketing brand strategy, emerging communica-
tions technology, or business process management. The 
Chief Innovation Officer shall manage the Postal Service’s 
development and implementation of innovative postal and 
nonpostal products and services. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Chief Innovation Officer shall 
have as primary duties— 
‘‘(1) leading the development of innovative non-
postal products and services that will maximize rev-
enue to the Postal Service; 
‘‘(2) developing innovative postal products and 
services, particularly those that utilize emerging in-
formation technologies, to maximize revenue to the 
Postal Service; 
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‘‘(3) monitoring the performance of innovative 
products and services and revising them as needed 
to meet changing market trends; and 
‘‘(4) taking into consideration comments or ad-
visory opinions, if applicable, issued by the Postal 
Regulatory Committee prior to the initial sale of in-
novative postal or nonpostal products and services. 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this section, but no later 
than January 1, 2014, the Postmaster General shall 
designate a Chief Innovation Officer. 
‘‘(2) CONDITION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prohibit an individual who holds an-
other office or position in the Postal Service from 
serving as the Chief Innovation Officer under this 
chapter. However, upon appointment to the position 
of the Chief Innovation Officer, such individual may 
not, while serving in such office, concurrently hold 
any other office or position in the Postal Service. 
‘‘(d) INNOVATION STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date on which the Chief Innovation Officer 
is designated under subsection (c)(1), the Post-
master General shall submit to the Committee on 
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives a 
comprehensive strategy for maximizing revenues 
through innovative postal and nonpostal products 
and services. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—At a min-
imum, the strategy required by this section shall ad-
dress— 
‘‘(A) the specific innovative postal and 
nonpostal products and services to be developed 
and offered by the Postal Service, including the 
nature of the market to be filled by each prod-
uct and service and the likely date by which 
each product and service will be introduced; 
‘‘(B) the cost of developing and offering 
each product or service; 
‘‘(C) the anticipated sales volume of each 
product and service; 
‘‘(D) the anticipated revenues and profits 
expected to be generated by each product and 
service; 
‘‘(E) the likelihood of success of each inno-
vative product and service as well as the risks 
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associated with the development and sale of 
each innovative product and service; 
‘‘(F) the trends anticipated in market con-
ditions that may affect the success of each 
product and service over the 5-year period be-
ginning on the date such strategy or update is 
submitted; and 
‘‘(G) the metrics that will be utilized to as-
sess the effectiveness of the innovation strategy. 
‘‘(3) STRATEGY
UPDATES.—On January 1, 
2018, and every 3 years thereafter, the Chief Inno-
vation Officer shall submit an update to the innova-
tion strategy submitted under paragraph (1) to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
‘‘(e) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Postmaster General 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives, and the Postal Regu-
latory Commission with the President’s budget sub-
mission under section 1105(a) of title 31 a report 
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that details the Postal Service’s progress in imple-
menting the innovation strategy. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—At a min-
imum, the report required by this section shall ad-
dress— 
‘‘(A) the revenue generated by each prod-
uct and service developed through the innova-
tion strategy and the costs of developing and 
offering each such product and service for the 
most recent fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the total sales volume and revenue 
generated by each product and service on a 
monthly basis for the preceding year; 
‘‘(C) trends in the markets filled by each 
product and service; 
‘‘(D) products and services identified in 
the innovation strategy that are to be discon-
tinued, the date on which the discontinuance 
will occur, and the reasons for the discontinu-
ance; 
‘‘(E) alterations in products and services 
identified in the innovation strategy that will be 
made to meet changing market conditions, and 
an explanation of how these alterations will en-
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‘‘(D) the likelihood of continued success of 
each such product and service. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The results of the study re-
quired under this subsection shall be submitted to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 2 is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘209. USPS innovation officer and accountability.’’. 
SEC. 705. POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION TRAVEL RE-
PORTING. 
Section 504(d) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)(1)’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each fiscal year, the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sioners shall submit an itemized report describing all 
travel and reimbursable business travel expenses 
paid to each Commissioner, including the Chairman, 
when performing regulatory duties to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
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Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
The report submitted under this paragraph shall in-
clude a detailed justification for any travel or reim-
bursable business travel expense that deviates from 
the Commission’s travel and reimbursable business 
travel expense policies and guidelines.’’. 
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