Postal service

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Postal Service should notify the appropriate authorities in each State of the availability of postal lobbies for the display of voter registration materials.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1985

Declares that the House of Representatives supports the continuation of the Postal Service's policy of making postal lobbies available for the display of State voter registration materials. Calls upon the Postal Service to notify States offering mail-in registration of such policy.

Conversation between the Federal Post Minister and the Knight-Wendling company about their report “Strategic concept for the postal system”; Costs of the report (G-SIG: 10043622)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 November 1985

Rejection of additional positions at the post office in the 1986 establishment plan with reference to untested findings in the report "Strategic concept for the postal system"; Statement by the postmaster general on the report (G-SIG: 10043623)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 November 1985

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that the United States Postal Service prescribe regulations relating to the delivery of mail to physically handicapped individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985

Directs the Postal Service to prescribe regulations for the delivery of mail to physically handicapped individuals.

A resolution waiving certain points of order against consideration of the bill (H.R. 3036) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1985

Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 3036 (appropriations).

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1986

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1986 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1986 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) international affairs; (3) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (4) the Financial Management Service; (5) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (6) the United States Customs Service; (7) the Air Interdiction Program; (8) the Customs Forfeiture Fund; (9) customs services at small airports; (10) the Bureau of the Mint; (11) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (12) the Internal Revenue Service; and (13) the United States Secret Service. Places restrictions on the amounts of appropriations available to the Internal Revenue Service which may be transferred to other such appropriations. Makes appropriations available for uniforms or allowances. Requires the conduct of officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with collection of any underpayment of tax to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to disqualify or issue an unfavorable advance determination letter with respect to any tax-qualified pension plan which has vesting requirements or provides for nonforfeitable rights to benefits equal to or more stringent than 4/40. Prohibits the use of such funds to place the Secret Service, the Customs Service, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms under the Inspector General of the Treasury Department. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to implement or enforce the imposition or collection of any tax on the entrance or accommodation fees paid by elderly residents of continuing care retirement facilities. Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service for FY 1986 for payment to the Postal Service Fund. Title III: Executive Office of the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Executive Office of the President for FY 1986 for: (1) compensation of the President; (2) the Office of Administration; (3) the White House Office; (4) the Executive Residence at the White House; (5) the official residence of the Vice President; (6) special assistance to the President; (7) the Council of Economic Advisers; (8) the Office of Policy Development; (9) the National Critical Materials Council; (10) the National Security Council; (11) the Office of Management and Budget; (12) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (13) unanticipated needs. Title IV: Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, - Makes appropriations for FY 1986 to the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; (4) the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; (5) the Federal Election Commission; (6) the General Services Administration (GSA), including the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, and the National Archives and Records Administration; (7) the Office of Personnel Management, including payment for annuitants and employee health benefits, and payment to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (8) the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the Office of Special Counsel; (9) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; and (10) the United States Tax Court. Credits the appropriate appropriation or fund available to the GSA with: (1) the costs of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations; and (2) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to GSA, in connection with property transferred to GSA. Makes GSA funds available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Makes appropriations available for payment to the GSA for charges for space, services, and public improvements to buildings and facilities. Permits the transfer between appropriations for operating expenses and appropriations for salaries and expenses of up to one percent of the funds made available in such appropriations if the transfer is for mandatory program requirements and if the transfer is approved in advance by the Appropriations Committees. Permits funds in the Federal Buildings Fund to be transferred between activities only to the extent necessary for mandatory program requirements. Declares that the funds made available by this or any other Act for the payment of rent are available for the purpose of leasing space. Title V: General Provisions (This Act) - Places limitations on expenditures for travel expenses. Prohibits the availability of any appropriations to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who left to enter the armed forces and, after discharge, has made timely application for restoration. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the purchase or sale of real estate or for establishing new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia, except for programs for which appropriations have been made. Prohibits appropriations from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services through procurement contracts to those contracts which are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of hand or measuring tools not produced in the United States or its possessions except in the case of insufficient quantity and unsatisfactory quality. Prohibits the use of any of the funds by the GSA for the procurement by contract of any service which is performed by individuals in their capacities as employees of the GSA. Prohibits using appropriated funds for administrative expenses in connection with implementing or enforcing any provisions of the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages (rule TD ATF-66). Prohibits using appropriated funds for the sale, lease, rental, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of any portion of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Prohibits using appropriated funds to pay administrative expenses to close the Information Resources Management Office of the GSA, Sacramento, California. Prohibits using funds appropriated for the Department of the Treasury to eliminate any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds. Prohibits using appropriated funds for any activity or for paying the salary of any government employee where doing so would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit or otherwise prevent the Customs Service from enforcing a specified provision of the 1930 Tariff Act. Prohibits using appropriated funds to implement, promulgate, administer, enforce, reissue or revise certain proposed Office of Personnel Management regulations. Prohibits using appropriated funds to transfer control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, out of the Treasury Department. Requires certain agencies to set aside a specified percentage of FY 1986 budget authority for consulting services, management and professional services, and special studies and analyses. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States or its possessions. Prohibits using appropriations for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. Denies funds to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who tries to prevent other officers or employees from communicating with Members or committees of the Congress (whistle blowing), or who tries to discipline any officer or employee who does so communicate. Prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of passenger automobiles with an EPA estimate of less than 22 miles per gallon, except in specified cases. Prohibits using appropriated funds to pay for an abortion, or for the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or coverages for abortions. Makes an exemption to such prohibitions where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Title VI: General Provisions (Departments, Agencies, and Corporations) - Fixes the maximum allowable amounts during the current fiscal year for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle. Makes certain appropriations available for expenses of travel also available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances. Prohibits using any appropriation to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person is: (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen, and is residing in the United States; (3) one who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) an alien from one of a specified number of countries; or (5) a refugee from one of a specified number of countries. Makes appropriations available for payment to the GSA for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements. Prohibits using any appropriation to pay any person for filling any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve such nomination. Permits the use by Federal agencies of foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year. Prohibits using appropriations for interagency financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees or similar groups which do not have prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. Makes specified funds available for the employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service. Prohibits using funds available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in connection with the designation for construction, arranging for financing, or execution of contracts or agreements for financing or construction of any additional purchase contract projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 during the period beginning October 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1986. Prohibits using appropriated funds to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved by the Congress. Limits the amount which any agency may pay the Administrator of the General Services Administration per square foot for rental of space and services. Limits the amount that may be paid to any prevailing rate employee for FY 1986 and 1987. Prohibits using appropriated funds to reduce the number of entry processing locations or to consolidate or centralize the assessment or appraisal functions of the United States Customs Service. Limits the amount of expenditures to renovate, remodel, furnish, or redecorate any department head's office to $5,000, unless expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for the compilation, preparation, reproduction, and distribution of the "White House News Summary," or any successor document, if its distribution does not discriminate against any Member of any Government entity on the basis of political party affiliation.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that change-of-address order forms submitted to the Postal Service may be furnished to the appropriate State authority for purposes relating to voter registration.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1985

Directs the Postal Service to establish a program under which change-of-address forms may be transmitted to appropriate State election authorities for voter registration purposes. Directs the Postal Service to prescribe regulations under which a State may participate in such program. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to establish an Office of Inspector General within the United States Postal Service.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985

Establishes the Office of Inspector General in the Postal Service. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of such office.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend to certain officers and employees of the Postal Service the same procedural and appeal rights with respect to certain adverse personnel actions as are afforded to Federal employees under title 5, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1985

Extends adverse action provisions (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles, except to the extent of inconsistency with a collective bargaining agreement; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed two years of continuous service in the same or similar positions.

A resolution expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp honoring Walter Camp, the organizer of the game of football in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Postal Service should issue a postage stamp honoring Walter Camp, the organizer of the game of football in the United States.

A bill designating the United States Post Office Building to be constructed on the property on the northwest corner of the intersection of Florence Avenue and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the "Leslie Nelson Shaw, Sr., General Mail Facility of the United States Postal Service".

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1985

Designates the United States Post Office Building to be constructed at Florence and Central Avenues, Los Angeles, California, as the Leslie Nelson Shaw, Sr., General Mail Facility of the United States Postal Service.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require that the United States Postal Service report to Congress at least 60 days before acting on any decision to close or consolidate a post office.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1985

Requires the U.S. Postal Service to submit to the Congress its written determination to close or consolidate a post office. Prohibits the Service from taking any such action until 60 days after such notification, or 60 days after the Postal Rate Commission reports to the Congress its decision to affirm a determination which had been appealed.

A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to prohibit the Postal Service from limiting regular daily mail delivery to fewer than six days each week, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985

Prohibits the Postal Service from reducing the types and frequency of mail delivery service below the types and frequency in effect for the week beginning April 7, 1981.

A bill to abolish the United States Postal Service, to repeal the Postal Reorganization Act, to reenact the former provisions of title 39, United States Code, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985

Repeals the Postal Reorganization Act and reenacts provisions governing postal service which were in effect immediately before the enactment of such Act (thus abolishing the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission and reestablishing the Post Office Department).

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that change-of-address order forms submitted to the Postal Service may be furnished to the appropriate State authority for purposes relating to voter registration.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985

Directs the Postal Service to establish a program under which change-of-address forms may be transmitted to appropriate State election authorities for voter registration purposes. Directs the Postal Service to prescribe regulations under which a State may participate in such program. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to eliminate certain provisions relating to private carriage of letters, thereby allowing private companies to compete with the U.S. Postal Service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1985

Repeals specified provisions of Federal law which restrict or prohibit the private carriage of letters. Exempts letters and packages carried by private express from the requirement that all letters and packages carried by a vessel in interstate commerce be delivered promptly to the local post office upon arrival in a port.

A bill to designate the Charles Nagel Station of the United States Postal Service in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Frederick N. Weathers Station of the United States Postal Service".

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Renames the Charles Nagel Station of the U.S. Postal Service in St. Louis, Missouri, the Frederick N. Weathers Station of the U.S. Postal Service.

Mail Delivery to Physically Handicapped Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Mail Delivery to Physically Handicapped Act of 1985 - Requires, upon approval of an application which includes a physician's certification of need, the delivery of mail to the door of handicapped individuals.

Postal Service Employees Political Activities Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Postal Service Employees' Political Activities Act of 1985 - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage employees of the United States Postal Service to exercise their rights to participate or refrain from participating in political processes. Prohibits such employees from: (1) using their official authority to influence the result of any election or the political action of any person; (2) using any information obtained through employment and not publicly available for any political purposes; (3) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or refrain from voting; (4) soliciting or receiving a political contribution to vote or refrain from voting; (5) knowingly giving a political contribution to a superior; (6) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution from another subordinate employee; or (7) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution in specified facilities or from any person who has or is seeking business relations with the employee's agency. Directs the Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission to prescribe certain exemptions to such prohibitions. Prohibits employees from engaging in political activities while on duty, while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying their position, or in designated areas. Requires a postal employee to notify his or her agency (U.S. Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission, as applicable) upon becoming a candidate for elective office. Permits such employee to take annual leave or leave without pay to engage in activities related to his or her candidacy. Sets forth the penalties to be imposed against any employee who is found by the Merit Systems Protection Board to have violated this Act. Requires the Postal Service to study and report to the Congress on the effects of this Act on the political activities of employees, the merit system, and matters generally contributing to the improper use of official authorities or information by employees.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the United States Postal Service to make certain considerations prior to the closing of third- and fourth-class post offices.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Requires the United States Postal Service, when determining the need for an existing third- or fourth-class post office, to consider: (1) whether the office is self-sustaining; (2) the number of individuals served by such office; (3) the cost of maintaining the office; and (4) the effects on service and the economic impact resulting from using an alternative office. Directs the Service, upon determining that a post office should be closed, to publish notice of such determination in the Federal Register within 30 days of such determination and at least 30 days prior to closing such office.