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S. 302 (101st)

Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989

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Introduced

31 January 1989

Last action

31 January 1989 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.

Sponsors

Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]

Subjects

Postal service

Source updated

26 August 2025

Postal service

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Summary

Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit. Makes the U.S. Postal Service an off-budget Federal entity.

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Timeline

  1. 31 January 1989

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 31 January 1989

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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