[description] => Passed Senate 3198). (Sec. Establishes in the Treasury the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, to be administered by OPM. Taking full advantage of an errant legislative move nearly 7 years ago before things collapsed completely, Congress brought us the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 … [1], The bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Tom Davis, a Republican from Virginia, and cosponsored by Republican John M. McHugh of New York and Democrats Henry Waxman of California and Danny K. Davis of Illinois. 702) Requires a report from the PRC to the President and Congress on universal postal service and the postal monopoly in the United States, including the monopoly on the delivery of mail and access to mailboxes. (a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act'. 101) Amends federal law provisions concerning the Postal Service to add definitions, including the terms postal service, competitive product, market-dominant product, and rates. 6407, The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, by a … (Sec. (Sec. Here's how to make it thrive again", "Carper Plays Key Role in Postal Overhaul", "John Oliver on why the USPS is on 'the brink of collapse, "Postmaster general suggests ending Saturday delivery", "Right to open mail claimed: Bush assertion illegal, experts say", "The USPS needs a bailout. 506) Authorizes the Postal Service to establish one or more programs to provide bonuses and other rewards to Postal Service officers and employees. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) is a United States federal statute enacted by the 109th United States Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006. 1009) Requires the Postal Service to: (1) assign a single ZIP code to serve each of Auburn Township, Ohio; Hanahan, South Carolina; and Bradbury and Discovery Bay, California; and (2) revert window service hours in the Fairport Harbor Branch of the post office in Painesville, Ohio, to those in effect on a specified date. Title III: Modern Service Standards - (Sec. Repeals federal provisions which subject the annual PRC budget to disapproval by the Board of Governors. States that nothing in this Act shall restrict, expand, or otherwise affect any rights, privileges, or benefits under collective bargaining agreements. (Sec. Provides for deposits into, and administration of, the Fund. USPS's business model is to fulfill its mission through self-supporting, businesslike operations; however, USPS has experienced increasing difficulties. [11] Mail volume decreased from 97 billion to 68 billion items from 2006 to 2012. 802) Relieves the Postal Service of an obligation to contribute matching amounts to its employees' civil service retirement. [actionDate] => 2006-12-09 If you follow social media, you will probably have seen the claims that the postal service is in trouble because of unfair mandates placed upon them by Republicans in 2006 when the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act was passed. (Sec. Designed to prepare the U.S. [chamberOfAction] => House ; and (2) comprehensive plans for reemployment assistance and early retirement benefits for Postal Service employees displaced as a result of the automation of functions, the closing or consolidation of facilities, or other reasons as the Postal Service determines. [externalActionCode] => 17000 Namely, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. (Sec. 503) Revises provisions concerning the private carriage of letters (letters carried outside of normal mail service by a private carrier) to allow such private carriage in three new circumstances: (1) when the amount paid to a private carrier is at least six times the rate then currently charged for the first ounce of a single-piece first-class letter; (2) when the letter weighs at least 12 and 1/2 ounces; or (3) when private carriage is within the scope of current Postal Service regulations that purport to permit private carriage by suspension of the operation of current law. Provides that if all such parties fail to reach a new agreement, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall within 10 days appoint a national mediator who is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Tagged: Postal Accountability Enhancement Act of 2006 Post Haste: Why Reform of the US Postal Service is a Matter of Urgent National Concern May 19th, 2020 in Analysis , Budget & Appropriations , Federal Legislation , Legislative Oversight (Sec. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. [actionDate] => 2006-12-07 Title VIII: Postal Service Retirement and Health Benefits Funding - Postal Civil Service Retirement and Health Benefits Funding Amendments of 2006 - (Sec. 201) Directs the PRC to establish a modern system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products (all first-class mail, parcels, and cards, periodicals, standard mail, single-piece parcel post, media mail, bound printed matter, library mail, special services, and single-piece international mail). (Sec. 1007) Amends the Postal Reorganization Act to give the Postal Service, with respect to an officer or employee of the former Post Office Department, the same authorities and responsibilities it has with respect to an officer or employee of the Postal Service. [actionDate] => 2006-12-08 Prohibits a product that involves the carriage of letters, printed matter, or packages from being offered by the Postal Service unless it has been assigned to the market-dominant or competitive category of mail. 102) Removes provisions empowering the Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, except that the Postal Service may … (Sec. [chamberOfAction] => Senate 703) Requires a report from the Federal Trade Commission to the President, Congress, and the PRC identifying federal and state laws that apply differently to the Postal Service with respect to the competitive category of mail and to private companies providing similar products. [chamberOfAction] => At the start of 2009, the Postal Service began using a combination of internal and external systems to measure the service performance of all market dominant products, including First-Class Mail, Periodicals, Standard Mail, Package Services, and Special Services. (Sec. Requires the Postal Service to notify the PRC whenever it requests to add a product or to transfer a product to a different category. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) is a United States federal statute enacted by the 109th United States Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006. Authorizes the Postal Service Board of Governors to establish reasonable and equitable classes of mail and rates of postage and fees. (Sec. On Passage of the Bill in the House. 501) Revises qualification requirements with respect to members of the Postal Service Board of Governors. [externalActionCode] => 1000 Authorizes the PRC, following specified criteria, to change the lists of market-dominant products and competitive products by adding or removing products, or transferring products between lists. 402) Requires the Postal Service to: (1) compute its assumed federal income tax (which would be the taxable income of a corporation) on competitive products income for each year; and (2) transfer from the above Fund to the Postal Service Fund the amount of the assumed tax. This version of the bill contained the precise dollar amounts: `` (3) (A) The United States Postal Service shall pay into Establishes new complaint procedures which require the PRC to begin proceedings on, or dismiss, complaints within 90 days, and treating as dismissed complaints not acted on within such period. Requires the Postal Service to report to the PRC whenever it establishes a workshare discount rate. [chamberOfAction] => House Authorizes the use of arbitration boards in certain circumstances. 6407, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). [displayText] => Became Public Law No: 109-435. Eliminates Postal Service sovereign immunity protection. Signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006. 1010) Revises procedures concerning the reimbursement to a mailer of fees determined to be unlawful. Requires the PRC to review each nonpostal service offered by the Postal Service and determine whether that service shall continue and, if so, to designate whether the service shall be regulated as a market-dominant, competitive, or experimental product. Requires the plan to include: (1) plans to expand and market retail access to postal services through the use of vending machines, the Internet, etc. 109-435; 120 Stat. This has caused massive reductions in … Reduces from nine to seven years the term of appointment. 706) Requires a study and report to the President and Congress on the extent to which women and minorities are represented in supervisory and management positions within the Postal Service. Postal Service. To reform the postal laws of the United States. (Sec. (Sec. Authorizes the Postal Service to establish size and weight limitations for mail matter in the market-dominant competitive categories of mail consistent with PRC regulations. In 2006, Congress passed a law that imposed extraordinary costs on the U.S. [2] When he signed the bill on December 20, 2006, Bush issued a signing statement that says that the government can open mail under emergency conditions, though Waxman asserted that the government cannot do this without a search warrant. (Sec. Before Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act … Requires that buildings constructed or altered by the Postal Service be constructed or altered in compliance with one of the nationally recognized model building codes and with other applicable nationally recognized codes. [externalActionCode] => 8000 (. In addition, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 requires the Postal Service to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act (SOX). 710) Requires a study and report on options and strategies for the long-term structural and operational reforms of the Postal Service. Requires reports from the Postal Service to the Secretary of the Treasury and the PRC with respect to Fund administration and uses. (Sec. As the Postal Service has worked to implement the Act… H.R. (Sec. (Sec. [actionDate] => 2006-12-19 Sometimes they are a way of recognizing or honoring the sponsor or creator of a particular law (as with the 'Taft-Hartley Act'). Makes Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determinations on surplus or supplemental liability subject to PRC review if the Postal Service so requests. (Sec. 102) Removes provisions empowering the Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, except that the Postal Service may provide nonpostal services which were offered as of January 1, 2006, subject to a specified review by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) (formerly the Postal Rate Commission, see section 601). [14] Columnist Dan Casey wrote in a July 2014 op-ed in The Roanoke Times that the PAEA is "one of the most insane laws Congress ever enacted". [displayText] => Introduced in House Nearly every one of… Facts & Myths about the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (2006) Posted on August 22, 2020 by stella. 1 . President George W. Bush signed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA; P.L. Postal Service operates and conducts business. [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation. 803) Transfers responsibility for paying the government's contribution of the health benefits of postal annuitants, effective in FY2017, from the Postal Service to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (established by this section) up to the amount contained in the Fund, with any remaining amount to be paid by the United States Postal Service. [externalActionCode] => 28000 1002) Repeals federal postal law concerning the transportation of mail by surface carrier. 605) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General in the PRC. [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (Sec. [2] As the chair of the Senate Oversight committee, Senator Susan Collins of Maine shepherded the bill's passage through the Senate. (Sec. Authorizes appropriations. 602) Provides PRC authority to administer oaths, examine witnesses, receive evidence, issue subpoenas, and order the taking of depositions and responses to written interrogatories. Laws acquire popular names as they make their way through Congress. [8] According to Tom Davis, the Bush administration threatened to veto the legislation unless they added the provision regarding funding the employee benefits in advance with the objective of using that money to reduce the federal deficit. 404) Subjects all Postal Service: (1) activities to federal laws prohibiting the conduct of business in a fraudulent manner; and (2) conduct with respect to competitive products to federal antitrust laws and unfair competition standards. 502) Limits annual combined net increases in the amount of obligations issued for capital improvements and operating expenses. 901) Makes a Postal Service employee ineligible for compensation or continuation of pay for the first three days of temporary disability (thereby establishing a three-day waiting period). (Sec. 707) Requires studies and reports on: (1) the number and value of contracts and subcontracts the Postal Service has with women, minorities, and small businesses; (2) the quality of information used by the Postal Service in determining the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to periodicals and any opportunities for improving periodical handling efficiencies; and (3) the adequacy and fairness of the process by which postage deficiency assessments under specified provisions are determined and appealable. Repeal the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 to end the congressionally generated five-billion-dollar tax the United States Postal Service (USPS) must pass on to the American people in service reductions and post office and plant closures. (Sec. Requires annual reports from the Postal Service to the PRC which: (1) analyze Postal Service costs, revenues, and rates; and (2) provide product information and measures of quality of service afforded by the Postal Service in connection with such product. 3237. (Sec. 603) Authorizes appropriations out of the Postal Service Fund for: (1) the PRC; and (2) the Postal Service Office of Inspector General. (Sec. Section 603(b) of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA), which became law on December 20, 2006, amended the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize –such sums as may be necessary— to be appropriated to OIG from the Postal Service Fund. Requires the President to consult with specified congressional leaders in selecting individuals for Board nomination. Requires the PRC to designate a PRC officer to represent the public interest in all public proceedings of the PRC. Periods did not customarily end the sentences of recently retired Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. The bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Tom Davis, a Republican from Virginia, and cosponsored by … 3198) on December 20, 2006. Postal Service", Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, Postage stamps and postal history of the United States, USPS Post Office Box Lobby Recycling program, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Postal_Accountability_and_Enhancement_Act&oldid=995529852, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 December 2020, at 15:17. Directs the Postal Service to report annually to Congress on how postal decisions have impacted or will impact rationalization plans. Array 705) Directs the Government Accountability Office to study, and report to Congress, the Board of Governors, and the PRC on: (1) Postal Service accomplishments involving recycling activities; and (2) additional opportunities for the Postal Service to engage in recycling initiatives. ET. ( US Postal Service workers have a retiree health care benefit in addition to their pension. Transfers from the Postal Service to the Treasury certain retirement obligations related to military service of former Postal Service employees. [10] The COVID-19 pandemic further reduced income due to decreased demand in 2020. Prohibits the transfer from the market-dominant category of products covered by the postal monopoly. Claim: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is losing money due to a 2006 law mandating it fund its pensions 75 years in advance. (Sec. The Postal Service was required by the Postal Act to establish service standards for all market dominant products, and then to measure and report on its service performance against those standards. Directs the PRC to promulgate (and from time to time revise) regulations to: (1) prohibit the subsidization of competitive products by market-dominant products; (2) ensure that each competitive product covers its attributable costs; and (3) ensure that all competitive products collectively cover what the Commission determines to be an appropriate share of Postal Service institutional costs. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. [11] The latest quarterly financials of the USPS do not suggest the COVID-19 pandemic further reduced income due to decreased demand in 2020. 109-435; 120 Stat. On the eighth day of December in 2006, at 10:33 at night, the 2009th Congress passed H.R. Today I have signed into law H.R. Directs the Postal Service, for each year, to pay into the above Fund such net present value and the annual installment due under the amortization schedule. [2] Bill Pascrell, a Democratic House member from New Jersey, said in 2019 that it was rushed through Congress without due consideration, and referred to it as "one of the worst pieces of legislation Congress has passed in a generation". There were three sponsors, two Democrats and one Republican. The 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act required the Postal Service to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, not pensions. 203) Authorizes the Postal Service, under specified terms and conditions, to conduct market tests of experimental products, requiring notice to the PRC of the nature and scope of each test. [externalActionCode] => 36000 Provides for a mechanism and an amortization schedule regarding the handling of any surplus or supplemental liability of the Postal Service regarding the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Requires bonus or payment information to be included in currently-required annual Postal Service comprehensive statements. In part, the Act provided new flexibility, particularly in competitive pricing for shipping services, enabling the Postal Service to respond to dynamic market conditions and changing customer needs for packages. 701) Requires a report from the PRC to the President and Congress, at least every five years, concerning: (1) the operation of amendments made by this Act; and (2) recommendations for improving the effectiveness or efficiency of U.S. postal laws. [4], PAEA was the first major overhaul of the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1970. Prohibits the Postal Service from closing or consolidating any processing or logistics facilities without using specified procedures for public notice and input. 20, 2006120 STAT. (Sec. Requires the PRC to make annual determinations of Postal Service compliance with regulatory requirements and to evaluate annually whether the Postal Service has met certain goals. Service performance results are posted at usps.com/servi… [description] => Introduced Sometimes these names say something about the substance of the law (as with the '2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act'). Congress is partly to blame", "Post Office's Real Fiscal Problem: Pre-Retiree Health Benefits", "Congress, Not Amazon, Messed Up the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statements. 704) Requires a report from the Postal Service Inspector General to Congress and the Postal Service on improving workplace safety and reducing workplace-related injuries nationwide. (Sec. 1003) Provides for reduced-rate treatment of some forms of mail, including: (1) mail given preferred status over regular-rate mailings; and (2) copies of a publication published within a county but distributed outside such county on postal carrier routes originating in the county of publication. ( 22 (109th) in the House. ( Authorizes the Board of Governors, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to allow up to 12 Postal Service officers or employees to receive total compensation up to 120 percent of the total annual compensation payable to the Vice President. An Act. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 required GAO to evaluate strategies and options for reforms of the United States Postal Service (USPS). Allows the employee to use annual leave, sick leave, or leave without pay for such three-day period, but provides that if the disability exceeds 14 days or is followed by permanent disability, the employee may have such leave reinstated or receive pay for the time spent on leave without pay. December 20, 2006 President's Statement on H.R. (Sec. Postal Service for the future, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 instead is killing our mail system. 711) Requires a study and report on a specified provision of the Domestic Mail Manual to determine whether it contains adequate safeguards to protect against abuses of rates for nonprofit mail and deception of consumers. (Sec. The employee benefits cost the USPS about $5.5 billion per year;[12] USPS began defaulting on this payment in 2012. The PAEA was the first broad revision of the 1970 statute that replaced the U.S. Post Office with the U.S. Allows the PRC to limit the amount of revenues the Postal Service may obtain from any particular geographic market as necessary to prevent market disruption. Makes OPM actuarial computations subject to PRC review. Requires that the Postal Service file with the PRC certain audit and funding reports required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. 1001) Authorizes the Postal Service to employ police officers for all buildings and areas owned, occupied, or under the charge or control of the Postal Service (including areas outside the property), and to give such guards, while so employed, specified powers. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Fair Competition - (Sec. ( Prohibits a market test from exceeding 24 months, but allows the PRC to extend such period for up to 12 additional months. President George W. Bush signed it into law on December 20, 2006 (PAEA; P.L. [actionDate] => 2006-12-20 Totals. 1004) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Postal Service should: (1) ensure the fair and consistent treatment of suppliers and contractors in its current purchasing policies and any revision or replacement of such policies; and (2) implement commercial best practices in Postal Service purchasing policies to achieve greater efficiency and cost savings by taking full advantage of private-sector partnerships, as recommended in July 2003 by the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service. 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