USPS Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-2965
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-12-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government trust funds

Health care costs and insurance

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>USPS Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2965 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 3, 2019 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the USPS Fairness Act . 2. Repeal of required prepayment of future Postal Service retirement benefits Subsection (d) of section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.