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It must also conduct a study to identify the causes and effects of postal inefficiencies relating to flats (e.g., large envelopes)."},{"k":"p","t":"The USPS Office of Inspector General shall perform oversight of the Postal Regulatory Commission."}],"words":210},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the finances and operations of the United States Postal Service by creating a Postal Service health benefits program coordinated with Medicare, changing retiree health benefit funding, authorizing nonpostal services, and adding performance reporting and oversight requirements.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HDB93F629244D4F8EA8F2BFBFA0780B8E:~:text=101.%20Postal%20Service%20Health%20Benefits%20Program"},{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HB830A11DFBE64D6BA4B9AF77ABBDBD12:~:text=102.%20USPS%20Fairness%20Act"},{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H3BF66F83F40E46FFB930BBDC5052BBFC:~:text=103.%20Nonpostal%20services"},{"label":"Title II","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HF49772CEFE2C46439F4F72677A93AB47"}]},"core_areas":["Postal Service employee and retiree health benefits coordinated with Medicare","Postal Service retiree health benefit funding","Nonpostal services agreements with government agencies","Postal delivery performance targets and public reporting","Postal Regulatory Commission funding and Inspector General oversight","Flats mail operations study"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish the Postal Service Health Benefits Program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, with the initial contract year beginning in January of 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HDB93F629244D4F8EA8F2BFBFA0780B8E:~:text=101.%20Postal%20Service%20Health%20Benefits%20Program"}},{"text":"Requires a Postal Service annuitant entitled to Medicare part A to be enrolled in Medicare part B to enroll in a Program plan, subject to listed exceptions, and requires each Program plan to coordinate benefits with Medicare.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HDB93F629244D4F8EA8F2BFBFA0780B8E:~:text=101.%20Postal%20Service%20Health%20Benefits%20Program"}},{"text":"Cancels any payment required from the Postal Service under section 8909a of title 5, United States Code, as in effect before enactment, that remains unpaid on the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HB830A11DFBE64D6BA4B9AF77ABBDBD12:~:text=102.%20USPS%20Fairness%20Act"}},{"text":"Allows the Postal Service to establish a program to provide property or nonpostal services on behalf of State, local and tribal government agencies, if agreements meet listed conditions including reimbursement covering at least 100 percent of costs attributable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H3BF66F83F40E46FFB930BBDC5052BBFC:~:text=103.%20Nonpostal%20services"}},{"text":"Requires the Postal Service to set annual performance targets for market-dominant products and to maintain a public website with a weekly-updated interactive dashboard of performance information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H23A0B6790D7449CEA6E6361EB68ADC65:~:text=201.%20Performance%20targets%20and%20transparency"}},{"text":"Makes the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service the Inspector General for the Postal Regulatory Commission, effective 180 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 209","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HC24CA8B4435C46CB96EA08907A311329:~:text=209.%20USPS%20Inspector%20General%20oversight%20of%20Postal"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HB830A11DFBE64D6BA4B9AF77ABBDBD12:~:text=102.%20USPS%20Fairness%20Act"},"heading":"USPS Fairness Act","effect":"Changes how retiree health benefit payments are computed and cancels unpaid payments; it also directs funds from the sale of Postal Service real property, if the Postal Service permanently ceases operations, to employee salary and expense liabilities and then to the Retiree Health Benefits Fund.","amount":null,"quote":"any funds derived from the sale of any real property owned by the Postal Service shall be used to pay any outstanding liability with respect to the salaries and expenses of any Postal Service employee"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 203","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HBE128DB655B84E4EB5A8D6785255775D:~:text=203.%20Review%20of%20Postal%20Service%20cost%20attribution"},"heading":"Review of Postal Service cost attribution guidelines","effect":"Requires the Postal Regulatory Commission to start a review of its cost attribution regulations for competitive and market-dominant products within one year and to revise them if it finds revisions appropriate.","amount":null,"quote":"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"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 204","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H52F4D914C9584DE38A99287377869A24:~:text=204.%20Rural%20newspaper%20sustainability"},"heading":"Rural newspaper sustainability","effect":"Changes a percentage in section 3626(h) of title 39 from 10 percent to 50 percent, relating to rural newspapers.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 3626(h) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking “10 percent” and inserting “50 percent”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 207","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H5BD001D80871464CAD1D0C0FFCF42E19:~:text=207.%20Reporting%20requirements"},"heading":"Reporting requirements","effect":"Requires the Postmaster General to submit semiannual reports on Postal Service operations and financial condition, covering topics such as package volumes, specific named services and employee training, and ends the requirement five years after the first report.","amount":null,"quote":"the Postmaster General shall submit to the President, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 208","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-H51F22101053945DC9DB69512A5496415:~:text=208.%20Postal%20Service%20transportation%20selection%20policy%20revisions"},"heading":"Postal Service transportation selection policy revisions","effect":"Amends section 101(f) of title 39 to change the wording of the Postal Service's transportation policy, adding terms such as consistent, reliable, cost-effective, and operational efficiency.","amount":null,"quote":"by inserting after “all mail” the following: “in a manner that increases operational efficiency and reduces complexity”"}]},{"category":"named_funding","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076/text/enr#toc-HDB93F629244D4F8EA8F2BFBFA0780B8E:~:text=101.%20Postal%20Service%20Health%20Benefits%20Program"},"heading":"Postal Service Health Benefits Program","effect":"Creates the Postal Service Health Benefits Program and appropriates funds to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Social Security Administration and the Office of Personnel Management; 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H.R. 3076, 117th Congress: Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. House: 342 Yea, 92 Nay. Senate: 79 Yea, 19 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 6 Apr 2022."}}