Alaska Congressman Don Young spoke on the U.S. House Floor recently in favor of Postal Service Reform Act. The bill addresses the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service requiring the Office of Personnel Management to establish the Postal Service Health Benefits Program for USPS employees and retirees and provides for coordinated enrollment of retirees under this program and Medicare. The bill repeals the requirement that the USPS annually prepay future retirement health benefits.
Additionally, the USPS may establish a program to enter into agreements with an agency of any state government, local government, or tribal government, and with other government agencies, to provide certain nonpostal products and services that reasonably contribute to the costs of the USPS and meet other specified criteria.
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I just spoke in support of the Postal Service Reform Act. USPS is crucial & if you don’t think so, try living in areas of Alaska without roads! This bipartisan bill helps bring financial stability to USPS so they can deliver to my constituents for years to come.
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— Rep. Don Young (@repdonyoung) February 8, 2022
H.R. 3076 says that the USPS may develop and maintain a publicly available dashboard to track service performance and must report regularly on its operations and financial condition. The bill states that the Postal Regulatory Commission must annually submit to the USPS an expense budget and conduct a study to identify the causes and effects of postal inefficiencies relating to large envelopes.
The USPS Office of Inspector General will perform oversight of the Postal Regulatory Commission.
