HR 735 · 108th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Laid on the table. See S. 380 for further action.(2003-04-08)
Plain Language Summary
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Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to revise the statutory formula for funding benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for U.S. Postal Service employees. Mandates that savings accruing to the Postal Service and attributable to specified years: (1) be used to reduce the postal debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall specify; and (2) be held in escrow until Congress acts following receipt of certain reports. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the savings accruing to the Postal Service as a result of the enactment of this Act will be sufficient to allow the Postal Service to fulfill its commitment to hold postage rates unchanged until at least 2006; (2) because the Postal Service still faces substantial obligations related to postretirement health benefits for its current and former employees, some portion of those savings should be used to address the unfunded obligations; and (3) none of the savings should be used to pay bonuses to Postal Service executives. Sets a deadline for submission of a mandatory Postal Service report detailing how future savings accruing to the Postal Service as a result of the ena…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003
Mar 14, 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003
Mar 14, 2003Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
9 Democrats11 Republicans