HR 22 · 109th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
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Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act - Amends Federal postal service law to direct the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) (established by this Act) to establish a modern system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products (all first-class mail, special services, periodicals, standard mail, media mail, library mail, and bound printed matter). Directs the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service to establish rates and classes for products in the competitive category of mail (priority mail, expedited mail, mailgrams, international mail, and parcel post). Authorizes the Postal Service to conduct market tests of experimental products. Directs the PRC to establish rules to ensure that workshare discounts (presorting, barcoding, etc.) do not exceed the cost that the Postal Service avoids as the result of private sector workshare activity. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving Postal Service Competitive Products Fund which shall be available to the Postal Service without fiscal year limitation for the payment of: (1) costs attributable to competitive products; and (2) all other costs incurred by the Postal Service, to the extent allocable to competitive product…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 22, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
Apr 25, 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 13, 2005</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 22, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
Apr 25, 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 13, 2005
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
12 Democrats8 Republicans