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restore compliance as soon as practicable, including 
the full restoration of revenue shortfalls during the 
following year. The Commission may order the Post-
al Service to discontinue a nonpostal service under 
section 3703 that persistently fails to meet cost cov-
erage requirements. 
‘‘(4) DELIBERATE
NONCOMPLIANCE.—In the 
case of deliberate noncompliance by the Postal Serv-
ice with the requirements of this chapter, the Postal 
Regulatory Commission may order, based on the na-
ture, circumstances, extent, and seriousness of the 
noncompliance, a fine (in the amount specified by 
the Commission in its order) for each incidence of 
such noncompliance. All receipts from fines imposed 
under this subsection shall be deposited in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Postal Regu-
latory Commission shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(g) EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT AUTHORITY.—The 
Postal Service may conduct market tests of agreements 
pursuant to section 3703 and section 3704 of this chapter 
subject to the same terms and conditions described in sec-
tion 3641 of this title. For the purposes of a market test, 
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the cost coverage requirements in sections 3703 and 3704 
of this chapter shall not apply.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
chapters for part IV of title 39, United States Code, 
is amended by adding after the item relating to 
chapter 36 the following: 
‘‘37. Nonpostal services ................................................................... 3701’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION 404.—Section 404(e) of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended in paragraph (2), 
by inserting after ‘‘subsection’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
any nonpostal products or services authorized by 
chapter 37’’. 
(2) SECTION 411.—The last sentence of section 
411 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘including reimbursability’’ and inserting 
‘‘including reimbursability within the limitations of 
chapter 37’’. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
EXISTING
NONPOSTAL 
SERVICES.—All individual nonpostal services, pro-
vided directly or through licensing, that are contin-
ued pursuant to section 404(e) of title 39, United 
States Code, shall be considered to be expressly au-
thorized by chapter 37 of such title (as added by 
subsection (a)(1)) and shall be subject to the re-
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quirements of section 3705, subsections (a) through 
(d). 
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE 
OPERATIONAL REFORMS 
SEC. 201. PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VII of chapter 36 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3691 the following: 
‘‘§ 3692. Performance targets and transparency 
‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE TARGETS.—Each year, to en-
sure that mail service for postal customers meets the serv-
ice standards for market-dominant products, established 
under section 3691, the Postal Service shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 60 days after the beginning 
of the fiscal year in which they will apply, establish 
and provide to the Postal Regulatory Commission 
reasonable targets for performance for each product; 
and 
‘‘(2) provide the previous fiscal year’s perform-
ance targets in its Annual Compliance Report to the 
Postal Regulatory Commission for evaluation of 
compliance for each product. 
‘‘(b) POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION DETER-
MINATION OF CERTAIN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.— 
Not later than 90 days after first receiving the perform-
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ance targets under subsection (a)(1), the Postal Regu-
latory Commission shall provide to the Postal Service— 
‘‘(1) requirements for the Postal Service to 
publish nationwide, regional, and local delivery area 
performance information in accordance with sub-
section (c)(2) that— 
‘‘(A) are consistent with the organizational 
structure of the delivery network of the Postal 
Service (including at the District and Area or-
ganizational levels, or the functional equiva-
lents, and, to the extent practicable, at the U.S. 
ZIP Code Area level); 
‘‘(B) reflect the most granular geographic 
level of performance information appropriate 
for the Postal Service to publish; and 
‘‘(C) includes time period segments for the 
published geographic levels to satisfy the pub-
lishing requirements of subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) of subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(2) recommendations for any modifications to 
the Postal Service’s measurement systems necessary 
to measure and publish the performance information 
under subsection (c)(2) that the Postal Regulatory 
Commission deems relevant. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Postal Service shall 
develop and maintain a publicly available Website 
with an interactive web-tool that provides perform-
ance information for market-dominant products that 
is updated on a weekly basis. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.—The per-
formance information provided for a market-domi-
nant product on the Website shall include— 
‘‘(A) the type of market-dominant product; 
‘‘(B) performance information for different 
geographic areas, consistent with subsection 
(b); 
‘‘(C) performance information for different 
time periods, including annual, quarterly, 
monthly, and weekly segments; 
‘‘(D) comparisons of performance informa-
tion for market-dominant products to perform-
ance information for previous time periods to 
facilitate identification of performance trends; 
and 
‘‘(E) the performance targets then in ef-
fect, and the performance targets for the pre-
vious fiscal year, as established under sub-
section (a)(1). 
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‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIBILITY.—The Website shall 
include plain language descriptions of the elements 
required under paragraph (2) and information on 
the collection process, measurement methodology, 
completeness, accuracy, and validity of the perform-
ance information provided on the Website. 
‘‘(4) ADDRESS SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY.—The 
Website shall include functionality to enable a user 
to search for performance information by street ad-
dress, ZIP Code, or post office box. 
‘‘(5) FORMAT.—The Postal Service shall make 
the performance information provided on the 
Website available— 
‘‘(A) in a manner that— 
‘‘(i) presents the information required 
under paragraph (2) on an interactive 
dashboard; 
‘‘(ii) is searchable and may be sorted 
and filtered by the elements described in 
paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, enables 
any person or entity to download in bulk— 
‘‘(I) such performance informa-
tion; and 
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‘‘(II) the results of a search by 
the elements described in paragraph 
(2); 
‘‘(B) under an ‘open license’ which has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 
44; and 
‘‘(C) as an ‘open Government data asset’ 
and in a ‘machine-readable’ format which have 
the meaning given those terms in section 3502 
of title 44. 
‘‘(6) CONSULTATION.—The Postal Service shall 
regularly consult with the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission on appropriate features and information to 
be included on the Website. 
‘‘(7) PUBLIC
INPUT.—The Postal Service 
shall— 
‘‘(A) solicit public input on the design and 
implementation of the Website; and 
‘‘(B) maintain a public feedback tool to en-
sure each feature of, and the information on, 
the Website is usable and understandable. 
‘‘(8) DEADLINE.—The Postal Service shall im-
plement and make available to the public (and make 
any subsequent changes in accordance with sub-
section (b)) the Website not later than 60 days from 
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the date on which the Postal Service receives the re-
quirements and recommendations from the Postal 
Regulatory Commission under subsection (b), and 
shall continuously update such information on the 
Website as required by subsection (b). 
‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY.—A link and plain language 
description of the Website shall be made available on 
any webpage where performance targets and meas-
urements established under subsection (a)(1) are 
made available to the public. 
‘‘(10) REPORTING.—The Postal Service, the 
Postmaster General, or the Board, as applicable, 
shall reference the dashboard described in paragraph 
(5)(A)(i) in the Annual Performance Plan under sec-
tion 2803, the Annual Performance Report under 
section 2804, and the Annual Report under section 
2402. 
‘‘(11) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘performance information’ means the ob-
jective external performance measurements es-
tablished under section 3691(b)(1)(D). 
‘‘(B) 
WEBSITE.—The 
term 
‘Website’ 
means the website described in paragraph (1).’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 3691 the following: 
‘‘3692. Performance targets and transparency.’’. 
SEC. 202. INTEGRATED DELIVERY NETWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘The Postal 
Service’’ the following: ‘‘The Postal Service shall maintain 
an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant 
and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this 
title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except 
during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency 
situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic 
areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of 
delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date 
of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) or the amendment made by such subsection 
is intended to alter or amend the requirements of chapters 
20 or 36 of title 39, United States Code, and related im-
plementing regulations, including provisions relating to 
costing, accounting, or rates. 
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SEC. 203. REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE COST ATTRIBUTION 
GUIDELINES. 
Not later than the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Postal Regulatory 
Commission shall initiate a review of the regulations 
issued pursuant to sections 3633(a) and 3652(a)(1) of 
title 39, United States Code, to determine whether revi-
sions are appropriate to ensure that all direct and indirect 
costs attributable to competitive and market-dominant 
products are properly attributed to those products, includ-
ing by considering the underlying methodologies in deter-
mining cost attribution and considering options to revise 
such methodologies. If the Commission determines, after 
notice and opportunity for public comment, that revisions 
are appropriate, the Commission shall make modifications 
or adopt alternative methodologies as necessary. 
SEC. 204. RURAL NEWSPAPER SUSTAINABILITY. 
Section 3626(h) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 per-
cent’’. 
SEC. 205. FUNDING OF POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 504 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than September 1 of each fiscal 
year (beginning with fiscal year 2022), the Postal Regu-
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latory Commission shall submit to the Postal Service a 
budget of the Commission’s expenses, including expenses 
for facilities, supplies, compensation, and employee bene-
fits, for the following fiscal year. Any such budget shall 
be deemed approved as submitted if the Governors fail to 
adjust the budget in accordance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after receiving a 
budget under paragraph (1), the Governors holding office, 
by unanimous written decision, may adjust the total 
amount of funding requested in such budget. Nothing in 
this subparagraph may be construed to authorize the Gov-
ernors to adjust any activity proposed to be funded by the 
budget. 
‘‘(B) If the Governors adjust the budget under sub-
paragraph (A), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 
adjust the suballocations within such budget to reflect the 
total adjustment made by the Governors. The budget shall 
be deemed approved on the date the Commission makes 
any such adjustments. The Commission may make further 
adjustments to the suballocations within such budget as 
necessary. 
‘‘(3) Expenses incurred under any budget approved 
under this subsection shall be paid out of the Postal Serv-
ice Fund established under section 2003.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 39, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 2003(e), by striking ‘‘(B) all ex-
penses of the Postal Regulatory Commission, subject 
to the availability of amounts appropriated under 
section 504(d);’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) all expenses of 
the Postal Regulatory Commission, pursuant to sec-
tion 504(d);’’; and 
(2) in section 2009— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
and (2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and (3) the Postal Regu-
latory Commission requests to be appropriated, 
out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 
504(d) of this title’’. 
SEC. 206. FLATS OPERATIONS STUDY AND REFORM. 
(a) FLATS OPERATIONS STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory Com-
mission, in consultation with the Inspector General 
of the United States Postal Service, shall conduct a 
study to— 
(A) comprehensively identify the causes of 
inefficiencies in the collection, sorting, transpor-
tation, and delivery of Flats; and 
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(B) quantify the effects of the volume 
trends, investments decisions, excess capacity, 
and operational inefficiencies of the Postal 
Service on the direct and indirect costs of the 
Postal Service that are attributable to Flats. 
(2) POSTAL
SERVICE
ASSISTANCE.—For the 
purposes of carrying out the study under paragraph 
(1), the Postal Service shall, upon request by the 
Postal Regulatory Commission, consult with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission and provide— 
(A) access to Postal Service facilities to 
personnel of the Postal Regulatory Commission; 
and 
(B) information and records necessary to 
conduct such study. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Postal Regu-
latory Commission shall submit to Congress and the 
Postmaster General a report on the findings of the 
study conducted under paragraph (1). 
(4) FLATS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘Flats’’ means products that meet the physical 
standards described in the Domestic Mail Manual 
(as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act) for Flats mail for any class of mail. 
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(b) FLATS OPERATIONS REFORM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months 
after the date on which the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission submits the report described in subsection 
(a)(3), the Postal Service shall— 
(A) develop and implement a plan to rem-
edy each inefficiency identified in the study con-
ducted under subsection (a)(1) to the extent 
practicable; and 
(B) if the Postal Service determines that 
remedying any such inefficiency is not prac-
ticable, provide to Congress and the Postal Reg-
ulatory Commission an explanation why rem-
edying such inefficiency is not practicable, in-
cluding whether it may become practicable to 
remedy such inefficiency at a later time. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Prior 
to implementing the plan described in paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) the Postal Regulatory Commission 
must approve the plan; and 
(B) the Postal Service shall provide an 
adequate opportunity for public comment on the 
plan. 
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(3) COMPLETION
NOTICE.—On the date on 
which the plan described in paragraph (1) is fully 
implemented, as determined by the Postmaster Gen-
eral, the Postmaster General shall submit to Con-
gress and the Postal Regulatory Commission a writ-
ten notice of such implementation. 
(c) SUBSEQUENT RATE ADJUSTMENTS.—During the 
five-year period beginning on the date on which the Postal 
Regulatory Commission submits a report under subsection 
(a)(3), the Postal Service, when making any adjustment 
to the rate of a market-dominant product (as defined in 
section 102 of title 39, United States Code), shall consider 
the findings of such report and, after the plan described 
in subsection (b)(1) is implemented, the plan’s efficacy in 
remedying the inefficiencies identified in the study con-
ducted under subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 207. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months 
thereafter, the Postmaster General shall submit to the 
President, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives a report on the oper-
ations and financial condition of the Postal Service during 
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the six-month period ending 60 days before the date on 
which the Postmaster General submits such report. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this 
section shall include updates, details of changes from pre-
vious standards and requirements, and assessments of 
progress being made on the operations and financial con-
dition of the Postal Service, including— 
(1) the actual mail and package volume growth 
relative to any mail or package volume growth pro-
jections previously made or relied upon by the Postal 
Service, including a discussion of the reasons for the 
differences in projections and the associated adjust-
ments being made; 
(2) the effect of pricing changes on product vol-
ume for market-dominant and competitive products, 
and associated revenue effects on financial projec-
tions, including a discussion of the reasons behind 
the differences in projections and associated adjust-
ments being made; 
(3) customer use of network distribution cen-
ters and processing and distribution centers; 
(4) the status of the USPS Connect program 
and revenue effects of the program on the financial 
projections; 
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(5) the use of Priority Mail, Priority Mail Ex-
press, First-Class Package Service, and Parcel Se-
lect services (as such terms are defined in the Mail 
Classification Schedule as in effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act) among customers and as-
sociated revenue effects; 
(6) the use of USPS Connect Returns service 
among customers, and associated costs and revenue 
effects; 
(7) the use of USPS E-Commerce Marketplace 
among customers, and associated costs and revenue 
effects; 
(8) updates on the reliability, efficiency, and 
cost-effectiveness of the transportation network, in-
cluding the manner in which ground transportation 
is utilized over air transportation for types of mar-
ket-dominant products and competitive products; 
(9) a review of efforts to enhance employee 
training, safety, and wellbeing, including associated 
effects on employee recruitment, satisfaction, and re-
tention; 
(10) a review of efforts being made to improve 
employee allocation, including changes of non-career 
employees to career status, and any associated im-
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pacts to operational expenses and processing, trans-
portation, and delivery efficiency; 
(11) the rate of planned investment into Postal 
Service processing, transportation, and delivery 
equipment and infrastructure for market-dominant 
and competitive products, and a review of any asso-
ciated effects on operational expenses and efficiency; 
(12) changes to network distribution centers 
and the expansion of regional distribution centers, 
including costs associated with the changes and any 
realized reduction in operational expenses or im-
proved resource efficiencies; 
(13) a review of the ability of the Postal Service 
to meet performance targets established under sec-
tion 3692(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code; 
(14) a discussion of the progress of the Postal 
Service in achieving any new, self-funded invest-
ments, including the amounts realized and expended 
to date, and a discussion of the reasons behind any 
disparities in the assumptions regarding the ex-
pected progress of the Postal Service getting new, 
self-funded investments to accommodate changes; 
and 
(15) any other information the Postal Service 
determines relevant, such as barriers or unantici-
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pated events, in order to help the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, Congress, the President, and the Amer-
ican public evaluate the success or difficulties faced 
by the Postal Service in implementing the reform 
plan. 
(c) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under 
this subsection shall be submitted in a form that ex-
cludes any proprietary or confidential information 
and trade secrets. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Postal Service de-
termines that any information must be excluded 
under paragraph (1), the Postal Service shall, at the 
time of submitting the report, notify the President, 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Postal Regulatory Commission in writ-
ing of its determination and describe in detail the in-
formation for which confidentiality is sought and the 
reasons therefor. 
(3) ANNEXES.—The Postal Service shall submit 
to the persons and entities notified under paragraph 
(2) any information excluded under paragraph (1) in 
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an annex that shall be treated as confidential in ac-
cordance with paragraph (4). 
(4) TREATMENT.—No person may, with respect 
to any information which such person receives under 
paragraph (4)— 
(A) use such information for purposes 
other than the purposes for which it is supplied; 
or 
(B) permit any person or entity other than 
a person or entity notified under paragraph (2), 
or the staff thereof, to have access to any such 
information. 
(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 
the date that is five years after the date on which the first 
report required by this section is submitted. 
SEC. 208. POSTAL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION SELECTION 
POLICY REVISIONS. 
Section 101(f) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘prompt and economical’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prompt, economical, consistent, and reli-
able’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘all mail’’ the following: 
‘‘in a manner that increases operational efficiency 
and reduces complexity’’; 
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(3) by inserting ‘‘cost-effective’’ after ‘‘to 
achieve’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘also’’ after ‘‘Nation shall’’. 
SEC. 209. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF POST-
AL REGULATORY COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8G of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Postal 
Regulatory Commission,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(2) In carrying’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2)(A) In carrying’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) In carrying out the duties and responsibil-
ities specified in this Act, the Inspector General of 
the United States Postal Service shall function as 
the Inspector General for the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, and shall have equal responsibility over 
the United States Postal Service and the Postal 
Regulatory Commission. The Commission shall com-
ply with the Inspector General’s oversight as if the 
Commission were a designated Federal entity under 
subsection (a)(2) and as if the Inspector General 
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were the inspector general of the Commission. The 
Governors of the Postal Service shall not direct over-
sight activities for the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting 
‘‘pertaining to the United States Postal Serv-
ice’’ after ‘‘subpoenas,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after 
‘‘United States Postal Service’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after ‘‘Gov-
ernors’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec-
tively; and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) For activities pertaining to the Postal Reg-
ulatory Commission, sections 4, 5, 6 (other than 
subsection (g) thereof), and 7 of this Act shall be 
applied by substituting the term ‘head of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission’ for ‘head of the establish-
ment’.’’. 
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(b) APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL.—Section 202 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘The Gov-
ernors shall appoint’’ and inserting ‘‘The Governors 
and the members of the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion shall appoint, by a favorable vote of a majority 
of the Governors in office and of a majority of the 
members of the Commission in office,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘and 3 
members of the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ 
after ‘‘at least 7 Governors’’. 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.— 
(1) PERSONNEL, 
DOCUMENTS, 
ASSETS.—All 
personnel, documents, assets, unexpended balances 
of appropriations, and obligations of the Inspector 
General for the Postal Regulatory Commission shall 
transfer to the Inspector General of the Postal Serv-
ice on the effective date of this section. 
(2) LEGAL
DOCUMENTS.—Any order, deter-
mination, rule, regulation, permit, grant, loan, con-
tract, agreement, certificate, license, or privilege that 
has been issued, made, granted, or allowed to be-
come effective by the Inspector General of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission that is in effect on the effec-
tive date of this section shall continue in effect ac-
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cording to their terms until modified, terminated, 
superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with 
law. 
(3) PROCEEDINGS.—This section and the 
amendments made by this section shall not affect 
any proceeding pending on the effective date of this 
section before the Inspector General of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission, but such proceeding shall 
be continued by the Inspector General of the Postal 
Service, at the discretion of that Inspector General. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to pro-
hibit the discontinuance or modification of any such 
proceeding under the same terms and conditions and 
to the same extent that the proceeding could have 
been discontinued or modified if this section and 
those amendments had not been enacted. 
(4) SUITS.—This section and the amendments 
made by this section shall not affect any suit com-
menced before the effective date of this section, and 
in any such suit, proceeding shall be had, appeals 
taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner 
and with the same effect as if this section or such 
amendments had not been enacted. 
(5) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other 
Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or 
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