USPS Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-695
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-02
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: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 695 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2021 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Reed , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Allred , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Zeldin , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Sewell , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Stanton , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Dean , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Titus , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Langevin , Ms. DeGette , Mrs. Axne , Ms. Meng , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Bost , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Peters , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Ms. Wexton , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Pingree , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Delgado , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Kind , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. McKinley , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Ms. McCollum , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Sires , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Speier , Mr. Cooper , Mrs. Trahan , Mr. Evans , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Escobar , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Case , Mr. Deutch , Ms. Norton , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Norcross , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Wild , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. Rush , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Courtney , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Adams , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mrs. Demings , Ms. Newman , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mr. Upton , Mr. Bowman , Mr. Welch , Mr. Young , Ms. Sherrill , Ms. Underwood , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Trone , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Katko , Mr. Payne , Mr. Takano , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Fortenberry , Mrs. Luria , Mr. Jones , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Stauber , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Crow , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Chu , Ms. Craig , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Horsford , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Ms. Porter , Mr. Waltz , Ms. Kuster , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Kahele , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Costa , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mrs. McBath , Ms. Bass , Mr. Soto , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Vela , Ms. Omar , Ms. Stevens , Ms. Schrier , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Burchett , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Casten , Mr. Turner , Ms. Ross , Mr. Carson , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Bera , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Foster , Mr. Emmer , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Neal , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Morelle , Ms. Strickland , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Cuellar , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Auchincloss , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Brown , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. McEachin , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Himes , Ms. Manning , Mr. Stivers , Ms. Jacobs of California , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Correa , Mr. Garbarino , and Mr. Keating ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 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.