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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Postal Inspection Service and
Inspector General Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF PAID CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS BY THE
POSTAL SERVICE.

(a) Confidential Informants.--
(1) Restriction.--Section 404 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(c)(1) The Postal Service may not retain the services of a paid
confidential informant for purposes of any investigation concerning the
possible violation of any law relating to controlled substances, unless
the unlawful use of the mails is involved.
''(2) The Postal Service shall render a semiannual report to the
Congress concerning any investigation--
''(A) in which the Postal Service retains the services of a
paid confidential informant; and
''(B) which results in the arrest of 1 or more individuals
for violating any law relating to controlled substances.
''(3) For the purpose of this subsection--
''(A) the term 'controlled substance' has the meaning given
such term by section 102(6) of the Controlled Drug Abuse
Prevention and Control Act of 1970; and
''(B) a confidential informant shall be considered to be
'paid' if such informant receives, or is to receive, a monetary
or nonmonetary benefit (including any forbearance from a civil
or criminal action) for the services involved.''.
(2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to any investigation commencing on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Officers.--
(1) In general.--Section 204 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) by amending the section heading to read as
follows:
''Sec. 204. Assistant Postmasters General; General Counsel; Judicial
Officer; Chief Postal Inspector'';
(B) in the first sentence by striking ''and a
Judicial Officer.'' and inserting ''a Judicial Officer,
and a Chief Postal Inspector.''; and
(C) in the second sentence by striking ''and the
Judicial Officer'' and inserting ''the Judicial
Officer, and the Chief Postal Inspector''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 2 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to section 204 and inserting the
following:

''204. Assistant Postmasters General; General Counsel; Judicial
Officer; Chief Postal Inspector.''.

SEC. 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.

(a) Definitions.--Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ''the Postmaster
General;'' after ''the Attorney General;''; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ''the United States
Postal Service,'' after ''Treasury;''.
(b) Transfer of Functions.--Section 9(a) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended by section 203(g)(3)(A) of the National and
Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-82; 107 Stat. 890),
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (U) by striking ''and'' after
the semicolon; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(W) of the United States Postal Service, that
portion of the Postal Inspection Service that is
engaged in internal audit and program review
activities; and''; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ''(or, in the case of the
United States Postal Service, the Postmaster General, in
consultation with the Board of Governors)'' after ''head of the
establishment involved''.
(c) Special Provisions.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the first section designated as
section 8G as section 8H;
(2) by redesignating the second section designated as
section 8G as section 8I; and
(3) by inserting after section 8F the following:

''special provisions concerning the united states postal service

''Sec. 8G. (a) In carrying out the duties and responsibilities
specified in this Act, the Inspector General of the United States
Postal Service shall have oversight responsibility for all activities
of the Postal Inspection Service, including any internal investigation
performed thereby. The Chief Postal Inspector shall promptly report the
significant activities being carried out by the Postal Inspection
Service to such Inspector General.
''(b) Nothing in this Act shall restrict, eliminate, or otherwise
adversely affect any of the rights, privileges, or benefits of either
employees of the United States Postal Service, or labor organizations
representing employees of the United States Postal Service, under
chapter 12 of title 39, United States Code, the National Labor
Relations Act, any handbook or manual affecting employee labor
relations with the United States Postal Service, or any collective
bargaining agreement.''.
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Relating to the inspector general act of 1978.--Section
8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (as so redesignated by
subsection (c)(1)) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ''Tennessee
Valley Authority,'' and all that follows through the
semicolon and inserting ''Tennessee Valley Authority,
and the United States International Trade
Commission;''; and
(B)(i) by striking subsection (f), and
redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively;
(ii) in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) by
striking ''(h)(1)'' and inserting ''(g)(1)''; and
(iii) in subsection (c) by striking ''Except as
provided under subsection (f) of this section, the''
and inserting ''The''.
(2) Relating to title 39, united states code.--Section
410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph
(9); and
(B) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows:
''(10) the Inspector General Act of 1978; and''.
(e) Effective Date; Interim Service.--
(1) Effective date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 3-
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) Interim service.--The individual serving as Inspector
General of the United States Postal Service on the day before
this section takes effect may continue to serve in that
capacity until--
(A) a successor has taken office, or
(B) such individual ceases to be the Chief Postal
Inspector of the United States Postal Service.

Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 1994.

Attest:

DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.
Output:
Postal Inspection Service and Inspector General Act - Prohibits the Postal Service from retaining the services of a paid confidential informant for purposes of investigations concerning the possible violation of laws relating to controlled substances unless the unlawful use of the mails is involved.
Directs the Postal Service to render a semiannual report to the Congress concerning any investigation: (1) in which the Postal Service retains the services of a paid confidential informant; and (2) which results in the arrest of one or more individuals for violating any law relating to controlled substances.
Creates a Chief Postal Inspector within the Postal Service.
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to transfer internal audit and program review functions of the Postal Inspection Service to the Office of the Inspector General of the Postal Service. Confers oversight responsibility for all activities of the Postal Inspection Service on the Inspector General. Requires the Chief Postal Inspector to report significant activities being carried out by the Postal Inspection Service to the Inspector General.
Applies all provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 to the Postal Service. Declares that nothing in such Act shall adversely affect any of the rights, privileges, or benefits of either employees of the Postal Service or labor organizations representing such employees.