Postal Service Reform Act of 2022

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Introduced

11 May 2021

Last action

6 April 2022 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 117-108.

Summary

Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 This bill addresses the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish the Postal Service Health Benefits Program for USPS employees and retirees and provides for coordinated enrollment of retirees under this program and Medicare. The bill repeals the requirement that the USPS annually prepay future retirement health benefits. Additionally, the USPS may establish a program to enter into agreements with an agency of any state government, local government, or tribal government, and with other government agencies, to provide certain nonpostal products and services that reasonably contribute to the costs of the USPS and meet other specified criteria. The USPS must develop and maintain a publicly available dashboard to track service performance and must report regularly on its operations and financial condition. The Postal Regulatory Commission must annually submit to the USPS a budget of its expenses. It must also conduct a study to identify the causes and effects of postal inefficiencies relating to flats (e.g., large envelopes). The USPS Office of Inspector General shall perform oversight of the Postal Regulatory Commission.

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Official text

Public Law · 7 April 2022 · Official file

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3076 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

 H.R.3076

 One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

 of the

 United States of America

 AT THE SECOND SESSION

 Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
 the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

 An Act

 To provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States
 Postal Service, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
 (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Postal Service
Reform Act of 2022''.
 (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

 TITLE I--POSTAL SERVICE FINANCIAL REFORMS

Sec. 101. Postal Service Health Benefits Program.
Sec. 102. USPS Fairness Act.
Sec. 103. Nonpostal services.

 TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE OPERATIONAL REFORMS

Sec. 201. Performance targets and transparency.
Sec. 202. Integrated delivery network.
Sec. 203. Review of Postal Service cost attribution guidelines.
Sec. 204. Rural newspaper sustainability.
Sec. 205. Funding of Postal Regulatory Commission.
Sec. 206. Flats operations study and reform.
Sec. 207. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 208. Postal Service transportation selection policy revisions.
Sec. 209. USPS Inspector General oversight of Postal Regulatory
 Commission.

 TITLE III--SEVERABILITY

Sec. 301. Severability.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
 (a) Commission.--In this Act, the term ``Commission'' means the
Postal Regulatory Commission.
 (b) Terms Defined in Title 39, United States Code.--In this Act,
the terms ``competitive product'', ``market-dominant product'', and
``Postal Service'' have the meanings given those terms in section 102
of title 39, United States Code.

 TITLE I--POSTAL SERVICE FINANCIAL REFORMS

 SEC. 101. POSTAL SERVICE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.
 (a) Establishment.--
 (1) In general.--Chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is
 amended by inserting after section 8903b the following:
``Sec. 8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program
 ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
 ``(1) the term `covered Medicare individual' means an
 individual who is entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, but
 excluding an individual who is eligible to enroll under such part
 under section 1818 or 1818A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
 1395i-2, 1395i-2a);
 ``(2) the term `initial contract year' means the contract year
 beginning in January of 2025;
 ``(3) the term `initial participating carrier' means a carrier
 that enters into a contract with the Office to participate in the
 Program during the initial contract year;
 ``(4) the term `Medicare part A' means part A of title XVIII of
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq.);
 ``(5) the term `Medicare part B' means part B of title XVIII of
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.);
 ``(6) the term `Office' means the Office of Personnel
 Management;
 ``(7) the term `Postal Service' means the United States Postal
 Service;
 ``(8) the term `Postal Service annuitant' means an annuitant
 enrolled in a health benefits plan under this chapter whose
 Government contribution is required to be paid under section
 8906(g)(2);
 ``(9) the term `Postal Service employee' means an employee of
 the Postal Service enrolled in a health benefits plan under this
 chapter whose Government contribution is paid by the Postal
 Service;
 ``(10) the term `Postal Service Medicare covered annuitant'
 means an individual who--
 ``(A) is a Postal Service annuitant; and
 ``(B) is a covered Medicare individual;
 ``(11) the term `Program' means the Postal Service Health
 Benefits Program established under subsection (c) within the
 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program;
 ``(12) the term `Program plan' means a health benefits plan
 offered under the Program; and
 ``(13) the definitions set forth in section 8901 shall apply,
 and for the purposes of applying such definitions in carrying out
 this section, a Postal Service employee and Postal Service
 annuitant shall be treated in the same manner as an employee and an
 annuitant (as those terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3),
 respectively, of section 8901), consistent with the requirements of
 this section.
 ``(b) Application.--The requirements under this section shall--
 ``(1) apply to the initial contract year and each contract year
 thereafter; and
 ``(2) supersede any other provision of this chapter
 inconsistent with such requirements, as determined by the Office.
 ``(c) Establishment of the Postal Service Health Benefits
Program.--
 ``(1) In general.--
 ``(A) Establishment.--The Office shall establish the Postal
 Service Health Benefits Program within the Federal Employees
 Health Benefits Program under this chapter, under which the
 Office may contract with carriers to offer health benefits
 plans as described under this section.
 ``(B) Applicability of chapter requirements to contracts.--
 Except as otherwise provided in this section, any contract
 described in subparagraph (A) shall be consistent with the
 requirements of this chapter for contracts under section 8902
 with carriers to offer health benefits plans other than under
 this section.
 ``(C) Program plans and participation.--The Program shall--
 ``(i) to the greatest extent practicable--

 ``(I) with respect to each plan provided by a
 carrier under this subchapter in which the total
 enrollment includes, in the contract year beginning in
 January 2023, 1,500 or more enrollees who are Postal
 Service employees or Postal Service annuitants, include
 a plan offered by that carrier with equivalent benefits
 and cost-sharing requirements as provided under
 paragraph (2), except that the Director of the Office
 may exempt any comprehensive medical plan from this
 requirement; and
 ``(II) include plans offered by any other carrier
 determined appropriate by the Office;

 ``(ii) provide for enrollment in Program plans of
 Postal Service employees and Postal Service annuitants, in
 accordance with subsection (d);
 ``(iii) provide for enrollment in a Program plan as an
 individual, for self plus one, or for self and family; and
 ``(iv) not provide for enrollment in a Program plan of
 an individual who is not a Postal Service employee or
 Postal Service annuitant (except as a member of family of
 such an employee or annuitant or as provided under
 paragraph (4)).
 ``(2) Coverage with equivalent benefits and cost-sharing.--In
 the initial contract year, the Office shall ensure that each
 carrier participating in the Program provides under the Program
 plans offered by the carrier benefits and cost-sharing requirements
 that are equivalent to the benefits and cost-sharing requirements
 under the health benefits plans offered by the carrier under this
 chapter that are not Program plans, except that prescription drug
 benefits and cost-sharing requirements may differ between the
 Program plans and other health benefits plans offered by the
 carrier under this chapter to the extent needed to integrate the
 Medicare part D prescription drug benefits coverage required under
 subsection (h)(2).
 ``(3) Applicability of federal employees health benefits
 program requirements.--Except as otherwise set forth in this
 section, the provisions of this chapter applicable to health
 benefits plans offered by carriers under section 8903 or 8903a
 shall apply to plans offered under the Program.
 ``(4) Application of continuation coverage.--In accordance with
 rules established by the Office, section 8905a shall apply to
 health benefits plans offered under this section in the same manner
 as such section applies to other health benefits plans offered
 under this chapter.
 ``(d) Election of Coverage.--Each Postal Service employee and
Postal Service annuitant who elects to receive health benefits coverage
under this chapter--
 ``(1) shall be subject to the requirements of this section; and
 ``(2) may not enroll in any other health benefits plan offered
 under any other section of this chapter.
 ``(e) Requirement of Medicare Enrollment for Certain Annuitants and
Their Family Members.--
 ``(1) Medicare covered annuitants.--Except as provided under
 paragraph (3), a Postal Service Medicare covered annuitant may not
 enroll in a Program plan unless the annuitant is entitled to
 benefits under Medicare part A and enrolled in Medicare part B.
 ``(2) Medicare covered family members.--Except as provided
 under paragraph (3), in the case of a Postal Service annuitant who
 is entitled to benefits under Medicare part A and required under
 this subsection to enroll in Medicare part B to enroll under the
 Program, if a member of family of such Postal Service annuitant is
 a covered Medicare individual, that member of family may not enroll
 under the Program as a member of family of the Postal Service
 annuitant unless that member of family is entitled to benefits
 under Medicare part A and enrolled in Medicare part B.
 ``(3) Exceptions.--
 ``(A) In general.--The requirements under paragraphs (1)
 and (2), as applicable, shall not apply with respect to an
 individual in the following cases:
 ``(i) Current postal service annuitants.--The
 individual, as of January 1, 2025, is a Postal Service
 annuitant who is not both entitled to benefits under
 Medicare part A and enrolled in Medicare part B.
 ``(ii) Current employees aged 64 and over.--The
 individual, as of January 1, 2025, is a Postal Service
 employee and is at least 64 years of age.
 ``(iii) Postal service medicare covered annuitants and
 family members residing abroad.--For any contract year with
 respect to which the individual is a Postal Service
 Medicare covered annuitant or a member of family of a
 Postal Service Medicare covered annuitant and resides
 outside the United States (which includes the States, the
 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern
 Mariana Islands), provided that the individual demonstrates
 such residency to the Postal Service in accordance with
 regulations issued by the Postal Service.
 ``(iv) Postal service medicare covered annuitants and
 family members enrolled under va coverage.--The
 individual--

 ``(I) is a Postal Service Medicare covered
 annuitant or a member of family of a Postal Service
 Medicare covered annuitant; and
 ``(II) is enrolled in health care benefits provided
 by the Department of Veterans Affairs under subchapter
 II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code.

 ``(v) Postal service medicare covered annuitants and
 family members eligible for ihs health services.--The
 individual--

 ``(I) is a Postal Service Medicare covered
 annuitant or a member of family of a Postal Service
 Medicare covered annuitant; and
 ``(II) is eligible for health services from the
 Indian Health Service.

 ``(B) Regulations for va and ihs exceptions.--Not later
 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the
 Office shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans
 Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the
 Postmaster General, promulgate any regulations necessary to
 implement clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (A).
 ``(C) List of individuals residing abroad.--The Postal
 Service shall provide a list of individuals who satisfy the
 exception under subparagraph (A)(iii) to the Office.
 ``(4) Process for information collection and dissemination.--
 The Postal Service and the Office, in consultation with the Social
 Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
 Services, shall establish a process that will enable the Postal
 Service to timely inform Postal Service employees, Postal Service
 annuitants, and members of family of such employees and annuitants
 of the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) in order to
 be eligible to enroll in Program plans under this section.
 ``(f) Transitional Open Season.--
 ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
 ``(A) the term `current option', with respect to an
 individual, means the option under a plan under this chapter in
 which the individual is enrolled during the contract year
 preceding the initial contract year; and
 ``(B) the term `current plan', with respect to an
 individual, means the plan under this chapter in which the
 individual is enrolled during the contract year preceding the
 initial contract year.
 ``(2) Automatic enrollment.--
 ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in
 the case of an individual who is a Postal Service employee or
 Postal Service annuitant eligible to enroll in a Program plan
 under subsection (d), who is enrolled in a current plan, and
 who does not enroll in a Program plan during the open season
 that immediately precedes the initial contract year, the Office
 shall automatically enroll the individual, as of the start of
 the initial contract year, in a Program plan offered by the
 carrier of the individual's current plan.
 ``(B) Carriers offering multiple program plans or
 options.--If the carrier of the current plan of an individual
 described in subparagraph (A) offers more than 1 Program plan
 or option, the Office, in carrying out subparagraph (A), shall
 automatically enroll the individual in the plan and option that
 provide coverage with equivalent benefits and cost sharing, as
 described in subsection (c)(2), to the individual's current
 plan and current option.
 ``(C) Carriers not offering program plans.--If the carrier
 of the current plan of an individual described in subparagraph
 (A) does not offer a Program plan, the Office, in carrying out
 subparagraph (A), shall automatically enroll the individual in
 the lowest-cost nationwide plan option within the Program that
 is not a high deductible health plan and does not charge an
 association or membership fee.
 ``(g) OPM Regulations.--
 ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
 enactment of this section, the Director of the Office shall issue
 regulations to carry out this section.
 ``(2) Consultation.--In issuing regulations under paragraph
 (1), the Director of the Office shall consult, as necessary, with
 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of
 Veterans Affairs, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the
 Postmaster General.
 ``(3) Contents.--The regulations issued under paragraph (1)
 shall include--
 ``(A) any provisions necessary to implement this section;
 ``(B) a process under which Postal Service annuitants and
 affected family members are timely informed of the enrollment
 requirements and may request, in writing, any additional
 enrollment information;
 ``(C) provisions under which a Postal Service employee or
 Postal Service annuitant enrolled under the Program may request
 a belated change of plan and may be prospectively enrolled in
 the plan of the employee's or annuitant's choice; and
 ``(D) provisions for individuals to cancel coverage under
 the Program in writing to the Postal Service because the
 individuals choose not to enroll in, or to disenroll from,
 Medicare part B.
 ``(h) Medicare Coordination.--
 ``(1) In general.--The Office shall require each Program plan
 to provide benefits for covered Medicare individuals pursuant to a
 coordination of benefits method approved by the Office.
 ``(2) Medicare part d prescription drug benefits.--The Office
 shall require each Program plan to provide prescription drug
 benefits to any Postal Service annuitant and member of family of
 such annuitant who is a part D eligible individual (as defined in
 section 1860D-1(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act) through
 employment-based retiree health coverage (as defined in section
 1860D-22(c)(1) of such Act) through--
 ``(A) a prescription drug plan (as defined in section
 1860D-41(a)(14) of such Act); or
 ``(B) contracts between such a Program plan and PDP
 sponsor, as defined in section 1860D-41(a)(13) of such Act, of
 such a prescription drug plan.
 ``(i) Postal Service Contribution.--
 ``(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (k), for purposes of
 applying section 8906(b) to the Postal Service, the weighted
 average shall be calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2) and
 (3).
 ``(2) Weighted average calculation.--Not later than October 1
 of each year (beginning with 2024), the Office shall determine the
 weighted average of the rates established pursuant to subsection
 (c)(2) for Program plans that will be in effect during the
 following contract year with respect to--
 ``(A) enrollments for self only;
 ``(B) enrollments for self plus one; and
 ``(C) enrollments for self and family.
 ``(3) Weighting in computing rates for initial contract year.--
 In determining such weighted average of the rates for the initial
 contract year, the Office shall take into account (for purposes of
 section 8906(a)(2)) the enrollment of Postal Service employees and
 annuitants in the health benefits plans offered by the initial
 participating carriers as of March 31, 2023.
 ``(4) Payment of late enrollment penalties.--The Postal Service
 may direct the Office to pay the amounts required by an agreement
 between the United States Postal Service and the Secretary of the
 Department of Health and Human Services under section 1839(e)(1) of
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)(1)) from the Postal
 Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under section
 8909a until depleted and thereafter shall pay such amounts from the
 Postal Service Fund established under section 2003 of title 39.
 ``(j) Reserves.--
 ``(1) Separate reserves.--
 ``(A) In general.--The Office shall ensure that each
 Program plan maintains separate reserves (including a separate
 contingency reserve) with respect to the enrollees in the
 Program plan in accordance with section 8909.
 ``(B) Applicability of section 8909 to contingency
 reserves.--All provisions of section 8909 relating to
 contingency reserves shall apply to contingency reserves of
 Program plans in the same manner as to the contingency reserves
 of other plans under this chapter, except to the extent that
 such provisions are inconsistent with the requirements of this
 subsection.
 ``(C) References.--For purposes of the Program, each
 reference to `the Government' in section 8909 shall be deemed
 to be a reference to the Postal Service.
 ``(D) Amounts to be credited.--The reserves (including the
 separate contingency reserve) maintained for each Program plan
 shall be credited with a proportionate amount of the funds in
 the reserves for health benefits plans offered by the carrier.
 ``(2) Discontinuation of program plan.--In applying section
 8909(e) relating to a Program plan that is discontinued, the Office
 shall credit the separate Postal Service contingency reserve
 maintained under paragraph (1) for that plan only to the separate
 Postal Service contingency reserves of the Program plans continuing
 under this chapter.
 ``(k) No Effect on Existing Law.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed as affecting section 1005(f) of title 39 regarding
variations, additions, or substitutions to the provisions of this
chapter.
 ``(l) Health Benefits Education Program.--
 ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `navigator'
 means an employee of the Postal Service or of a contractor of the
 Postal Service who is designated by the Postal Service or
 contractor to carry out activities under paragraph (5).
 ``(2) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months after the date
 of enactment of this section, the Postal Service shall establish a
 Health Benefits Education Program.
 ``(3) Requirements.--In carrying out the Health Benefits
 Education Program established under paragraph (2), the Postal
 Service shall--
 ``(A) notify Postal Service annuitants and Postal Service
 employees about the Postal Service Health Benefits Program
 established under subsection (c)(1);
 ``(B) provide information regarding the Postal Service
 Health Benefits Program and the requirements of this section to
 Postal Service annuitants and Postal Service employees,
 including--
 ``(i) a description of the health care options
 available under such Program;
 ``(ii) the enrollment provisions of subsection (d); and
 ``(iii) the requirement that Postal Service annuitants
 and their family members be enrolled in Medicare under
 subsection (e);
 ``(C) respond and provide answers to any inquiry from such
 employees and annuitants about the Postal Service Health
 Benefits Program, in consultation with the Office as necessary;
 ``(D) in consultation with the Centers for Medicare &
 Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration,
 provide information to individuals about enrollment under the
 Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act,
 and refer individuals to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
 Services and the Social Security Administration as necessary
 for additional enrollment information; and
 ``(E) carry out, or provide for through contract or other
 arrangement, the activities described in paragraph (5).
 ``(4) Information.--
 ``(A) Information from opm.--The Office shall timely
 provide the Postal Service with such information as necessary
 to conduct the Health Benefits Education Program.
 ``(B) Coordination with opm.--The Postal Service shall
 coordinate with the Office, in consultation with the Centers
 for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social Security
 Administration, to obtain and confirm the accuracy of
 information as the Postal Service determines to be necessary to
 conduct the Health Benefits Education Program.
 ``(5) Navigator activities.--
 ``(A) Activities.--The activities described in this
 paragraph, with respect to Program plans and the health care
 options available under the Program, are the following:
 ``(i) Educational activities for annuitants and
 employees of the Postal Service to raise awareness of the
 availability of Program plans and requirements for
 enrolling in such plans, including requirements to be
 entitled to Medicare part A and enroll in Medicare part B.
 ``(ii) Distribution of fair and impartial information
 concerning enrollment in such plans.
 ``(iii) Facilitation of enrollment in such plans.
 ``(iv) Provision of information in a manner that is
 culturally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of
 the population being served by the Program plans.
 ``(B) Standards.--
 ``(i) In general.--The Postal Service shall establish
 standards for navigators carrying out the activities under
 this paragraph to--

 ``(I) engage in the navigator activities described
 in subparagraph (A); and
 ``(II) avoid conflicts of interest.

 ``(ii) Contents.--The standards established under
 clause (i) shall provide that a navigator may not--

 ``(I) be a health insurance carrier; or
 ``(II) receive any consideration directly or
 indirectly from any health insurance carrier in
 connection with the enrollment of any individual in a
 Program plan.

 ``(C) Fair and impartial information and services.--The
 Postal Service, in consultation as necessary with the Office
 and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall develop
 standards to ensure that information made available by
 navigators under this paragraph is fair, accurate, and
 impartial.
 ``(6) Regulations.--
 ``(A) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date
 of enactment of this section, the Postmaster General shall
 issue regulations to establish the Health Benefits Education
 Program required under this subsection.
 ``(B) Contents.--The regulations issued under subparagraph
 (A) shall include--
 ``(i) provisions for the notification of Postal Service
 annuitants and Postal Service employees about the Program,
 including a description of the available health benefits
 options, including a process for notifying Postal Service
 employees who become eligible for Medicare part B and
 Postal Service Medicare covered annuitants about their
 choices;
 ``(ii) provisions for notifying Postal Service
 annuitants, Postal Service employees, and their family
 members of the requirements under subsection (e) to enroll
 in Medicare as a condition of eligibility to enroll in the
 Program; and
 ``(iii) a process, developed in consultation with the
 Social Security Administration, the Centers for Medicare &
 Medicaid Services, and the Office, for addressing any
 inquiry from Postal Service annuitants and Postal Service
 employees about the Program or Medicare enrollment.''.
 (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
 (A) Service benefit plans.--Section 8903(1) of title 5,
 United States Code, is amended by striking ``two levels of
 benefits'' and inserting ``at least 2 levels of benefits for
 enrollees under this chapter generally and at least 2 levels of
 benefits for enrollees under the Postal Service Health Benefits
 Program established under section 8903c''.
 (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter
 89 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section 8903b the following:
``8903c. Postal Service Health Benefits Program.''.

 (C) Application to certain postal service annuitants or
 family members.--Section 1862(b)(1)(E) of the Social Security
 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(E)) is amended by adding at the end
 the following:
 ``(iv) Application to certain postal service annuitants
 or family members.--Nothing in this paragraph shall
 prohibit a group health plan from determining an
 individual's eligibility to enroll in a health benefits
 plan offered under the Postal Service Health Benefits
 Program under section 8903c of title 5, United States Code,
 in accordance with subsection (e) of such section.''.
 (b) Coordination With Medicare.--
 (1) Part b special enrollment period.--Section 1837 of the
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended by adding at the
 end the following new subsection:
 ``(o)(1) In the case of an individual who--
 ``(A) as of January 1, 2024, is--
 ``(i) a Postal Service annuitant who is entitled to
 benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security
 Act, but excluding an individual who is eligible to enroll
 under such part under section 1818 of such Act or 1818A of such
 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-2, 1395i-2a); or
 ``(ii) a member of family (as defined in section 8901(5) of
 title 5, United States Code) of a Postal Service annuitant and
 is entitled to benefits under part A of title XVIII of the
 Social Security Act, but excluding an individual who is
 eligible to enroll under such part under section 1818 of such
 Act or 1818A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-2, 1395i-2a); and
 ``(B) is not enrolled under this part, the individual may elect
 to be enrolled under this part during a special enrollment period
 during the 6-month period beginning on April 1, 2024.
 ``(2) In this subsection, the term `Postal Service annuitant' means
an annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of
title 5, United States Code, whose Government contribution is required
to be paid under section 8906(g)(2) of such title.''.
 (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
 (A) Part a enrollment.--Section 1818(c) of the Social
 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-2(c)) is amended, in the matter
 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``(except subsection (f)
 thereof)'' and inserting ``(except subsections (f) and (o)
 thereof)''.
 (B) Coverage period under part b.--Section 1838 of the
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395q) is amended by adding at
 the end the following:
 ``(i) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of an individual
who enrolls during the special enrollment period pursuant to section
1837(o), the coverage period shall begin on January 1, 2025.''.
 (3) Treatment of part b late enrollment penalty for individuals
 enrolling during special enrollment period.--Section 1839(e) of the
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)) is amended--
 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(as defined in
 paragraph (3)(A))'' and by inserting ``(as defined in paragraph
 (3)(A)(i)). The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with
 the United States Postal Service under which the United States
 Postal Service agrees to pay on a quarterly or other periodic
 basis to the Secretary (to be deposited in the Treasury to the
 credit of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
 Fund) an amount equal to the amount of the part B late
 enrollment premium increases with respect to the premiums for
 eligible individuals (as defined in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)).'';
 and
 (B) by amending paragraph (3)(A) to read as follows:
 ``(A) The term `eligible individual' means an individual
 who is enrolled under this part B and who--
 ``(i) in the case of an agreement entered into under
 the first sentence of paragraph (1), is within a class of
 individuals specified in such agreement; and
 ``(ii) in the case of an agreement entered into under
 the second sentence of paragraph (1), is so enrolled under
 this part pursuant to the special enrollment period under
 section 1837(o)''.
 (4) Part d egwp contracting conforming amendment.--Section
 1860D-22(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-132(b)) is
 amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:
 ``, and shall be applied in a manner to facilitate the offering of
 prescription drug benefits under a Program plan under section 8903c
 of title 5, United States Code, as required under subsection (h)(2)
 of such section, through employment-based retiree health coverage
 through--
 ``(1) a prescription drug plan; or
 ``(2) contracts between such a Program plan and the PDP sponsor
 of such a prescription drug plan.''.
 (c) Information Sharing and Dissemination Required for Special
Enrollment Period and Enforcement of Part B Enrollment Requirements.--
 (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``Medicare part
 A'', ``Medicare part B'', ``Office'', ``Postal Service'', and
 ``Postal Service annuitant'' have the meanings given those terms in
 section 8903c of title 5, United States Code, as added by
 subsection (a).
 (2) Information sharing by opm.--The Office shall, by
 regulation, establish a process for providing such information as
 is necessary to the Social Security Administration regarding Postal
 Service annuitants (and the family members of such annuitants) who
 may be eligible to enroll under Medicare part B during the special
 enrollment period described in subsection (o) of section 1837 of
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p), as added by subsection
 (b), or who may be subject to the enrollment requirements described
 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United
 States Code, as added by subsection (a).
 (3) Information sharing by ssa.--The Social Security
 Administration shall provide to the Office and the Postal Service
 information regarding whether a Postal Service annuitant, or a
 family member of such an annuitant, is entitled to benefits under
 Medicare part A and enrolled under Medicare part B, to assist the
 Office and the Postal Service in determining--
 (A) which Postal Service annuitants, and family members of
 such annuitants, may be eligible to enroll under Medicare part
 B during the special enrollment period described in paragraph
 (2); and
 (B) whether Postal Service annuitants, and family members
 of such annuitants, satisfy the enrollment requirements
 described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of
 title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
 (d) Funding.--
 (1) CMS appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
 available, there is appropriated to the Centers for Medicare &
 Medicaid Services--Program Management Account, for fiscal year
 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
 $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the purposes of
 carrying out this section, including the amendments made by this
 section.
 (2) SSA appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
 available, there is appropriated to the Social Security
 Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $16,000,000, to remain
 available until expended, for the purposes of carrying out this
 section (with the exception of the purposes set forth in subsection
 (c)(3)(B)), including the amendments made by this section.
 (3) OPM appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
 available, there is appropriated to the Office of Personnel
 Management for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury
 not otherwise appropriated, $70,500,000, to remain available until
 expended, for the purposes of carrying out this section, including
 the amendments made by this section.
 (4) Funds credited by postal service.--The United States Postal
 Service shall deposit an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
 appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) into the Treasury
 as a miscellaneous receipt from the Postal Service Fund in fiscal
 year 2022.
 (5) Reimbursement for periodic ssa data sharing.--
 (A) Inter-agency agreement.--The Commissioner of Social
 Security shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the
 Office under which the Director pays the Commissioner from the
 Postal Service administrative reserve the full costs (including
 systems and administrative costs) of providing the information
 described in subsection (c)(3) for the purpose set forth in
 subsection (c)(3)(B).
 (B) Report to congress.--The Director of the Office--
 (i) shall report the amount paid under subparagraph (A)
 annually to the Committee on Homeland Security and
 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
 Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives; and
 (ii) may satisfy the requirement under clause (i) by
 including the amount paid under subparagraph (A) in any
 other annual report submitted to Congress.
 SEC. 102. USPS FAIRNESS ACT.
 (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``USPS Fairness
Act''.
 (b) Rational Benefits Funding and Accounting.--
 (1) In general.--Section 8909a of title 5, United States Code,
 is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
 ``(d)(1) Not later than June 30, 2026, and by June 30 of each
succeeding year, the Office shall compute, for the most recently
concluded fiscal year, the amount (if any) that Government
contributions required to be paid from the Fund under section
8906(g)(2)(A) exceeded the estimated net claims costs under the
enrollment of the individuals described in section 8906(g)(2)(A).
 ``(2) Not later than September 30 of each year in which the Office
makes a computation under paragraph (1), the United States Postal
Service shall pay into the Fund the amount (if any) of the excess
computed under such paragraph.
 ``(e) Any computation required under section 3654(b) of title 39
shall be based on--
 ``(1) the net present value of the future net claims costs with
 respect to--
 ``(A) current annuitants of the United States Postal
 Service as of the end of the fiscal year ending on September 30
 of the relevant reporting year; and
 ``(B) current employees of the United States Postal Service
 who would, as of September 30 of that year--
 ``(i) be eligible to become annuitants pursuant to
 section 8901(3)(A)(i) or (ii); and
 ``(ii) if they were retired as of that date, meet the
 criteria for coverage of annuitants under section 8905(b);
 ``(2) economic and actuarial methods and assumptions consistent
 with the methods and assumptions used in determining the Postal
 surplus or supplemental liability under section 8348(h); and
 ``(3) any other methods and assumptions, including a health
 care cost trend rate, that the Director of the Office determines to
 be appropriate.
 ``(f) After consultation with the United States Postal Service, the
Office shall promulgate any regulations the Office determines necessary
under this subsection.
 ``(g) For purposes of this section, the term `estimated net claims
costs' shall mean the difference between--
 ``(1) the sum of--
 ``(A) the estimated costs incurred by a carrier in
 providing health services to, paying for health services
 provided to, or reimbursing expenses for health services
 provided to, annuitants of the United States Postal Service and
 any other persons covered under the enrollment of such
 annuitants; and
 ``(B) an amount of indirect expenses reasonably allocable
 to the provision, payment, or reimbursement described in
 subparagraph (A), as determined by the Office; and
 ``(2) the amount withheld from the annuity of or paid by
 annuitants of the United States Postal Service under section
 8906.''.
 (2) Clerical amendment.--The heading of section 8909a of title
 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Benefit'' and
 inserting ``Benefits''.
 (c) Application.--
 (1) Cancellation of payments.--Any payment required from the
 Postal Service under section 8909a of title 5, United States Code,
 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act
 that remains unpaid as of such date of enactment is canceled.
 (2) Effect of this act.--In any determination relating to the
 future liability for retiree health benefits of the United States
 Postal Service or the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund,
 the Office of Personnel Management shall take into account the
 actual and reasonably expected effects of this Act.
 (d) Use of Funds From Sale of Real Property for Certain Payments.--
 (1) In general.--Chapter 29 of title 39, United States Code, is
 amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2903. Use of funds from sale of property
 ``In the event that the Postal Service permanently ceases
operations, any funds derived from the sale of any real property owned
by the Postal Service shall be used to pay any outstanding liability
with respect to the salaries and expenses of any Postal Service
employee. The balance of any remaining funds shall be deposited into
the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund established under
section 8909a of title 5.''.
 (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections of such chapter
 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2902 the
 following new item:
``2903. Use of funds from sale of property.''.
 SEC. 103. NONPOSTAL SERVICES.
 (a) Nonpostal Services.--
 (1) In general.--Part IV of title 39, United States Code, is
 amended by adding after chapter 36 the following:

 ``CHAPTER 37--NONPOSTAL SERVICES

``Sec.
``3701. Purpose.
``3702. Definitions.
``3703. Postal Service program for State governments.
``3704. Postal Service program for other Government agencies.
``3705. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services.

``Sec. 3701. Purpose
 ``The purpose of this chapter is to enable the Postal Service to
increase its net revenues through specific nonpostal products and
services that are expressly authorized by this chapter.
``Sec. 3702. Definitions
 ``In this chapter--
 ``(1) the term `nonpostal services' is limited to services
 offered by the Postal Service that are expressly authorized by this
 chapter and are not postal products or services;
 ``(2) the term `costs attributable' has the meaning given such
 term in section 3631;
 ``(3) the term `year' means a fiscal year;
 ``(4) the term `local government' means a county, municipality,
 city, town, township, local public authority, school district,
 special district, intrastate district, council of governments, or
 regional or interstate government entity;
 ``(5) the term `State government' includes the government of
 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
 territory or possession of the United States;
 ``(6) the term `tribal government' means the government of an
 Indian tribe, as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian
 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304);
 and
 ``(7) the term `United States', when used in a geographical
 sense, means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
 of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American
 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any
 other territory or possession of the United States.
``Sec. 3703. Postal Service program for State governments
 ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, the Postal Service may establish a program to enter into
agreements with an agency of any State government, local government, or
tribal government to provide property or nonpostal services to the
public on behalf of such agencies for non-commercial purposes, but only
if--
 ``(1) such property or nonpostal services--
 ``(A) provide enhanced value to the public, such as by
 lowering the cost or raising the quality of such services or by
 making such services more accessible;
 ``(B) do not interfere with or detract from the value of
 postal services, including by--
 ``(i) harming the cost and efficiency of postal
 services; and
 ``(ii) unreasonably restricting access to postal retail
 service, such as customer waiting time and access to
 parking; and
 ``(2) such agreements provide a net contribution to the Postal
 Service, defined as reimbursement that covers at least 100 percent
 of the costs attributable to all property and nonpostal services
 provided under each relevant agreement in each year, except that
 agreements determined to be substantially similar by the Postal
 Service with the concurrence of the Postal Regulatory Commission
 shall be reviewed based on their collective revenue and costs
 attributable.
 ``(b) Public Notice.--Not more than 90 days after offering a
service under the program, the Postal Service shall make available to
the public on its website--
 ``(1) the agreement with the agency regarding such service; and
 ``(2) a business plan that describes the specific property or
 nonpostal service to be provided, the enhanced value to the public,
 and terms of reimbursement to the Postal Service.
 ``(c) Approval Required.--The Postal Service may not establish the
program under subsection (a) unless the Governors of the Postal Service
approve such program by a recorded vote that is publicly disclosed on
the Postal Service website with a majority of the Governors then in
office voting for approval.
 ``(d) Confidential Information.--Subsection (b) shall not be
construed as requiring the Postal Service to disclose to the public any
information--
 ``(1) described in section 410(c); or
 ``(2) exempt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of
 title 5.
``Sec. 3704. Postal Service program for other Government agencies
 ``The Postal Service may establish a program to provide property
and nonpostal services to other Government agencies within the meaning
of section 411, but only if such program provides a net contribution to
the Postal Service, defined as reimbursement that covers at least 100
percent of the costs attributable for property and nonpostal services
provided by the Postal Service in each year to such agencies.
``Sec. 3705. Transparency and accountability for nonpostal services
 ``(a) Annual Report to the Commission.--
 ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the last day of
 each year, the Postal Service shall submit to the Postal Regulatory
 Commission a report that analyzes costs, revenues, rates, and
 quality of service for each agreement or substantially similar set
 of agreements for the provision of property or nonpostal services
 under section 3703 or the program as a whole under section 3704,
 and any other nonpostal service authorized under this chapter,
 using such methodologies as the Commission may prescribe, and in
 sufficient detail to demonstrate compliance with the requirements
 of this chapter.
 ``(2) Supporting matter.--A report submitted under paragraph
 (1) shall include any nonpublic annex, the working papers, and any
 other supporting matter of the Postal Service and the Inspector
 General related to the information submitted in such report.
 ``(b) Content and Form of Report.--
 ``(1) In general.--The Postal Regulatory Commission shall, by
 regulation, prescribe the content and form of the report required
 under subsection (a). In prescribing such regulations, the
 Commission shall give due consideration to--
 ``(A) providing the public with timely, adequate
 information to assess compliance;
 ``(B) avoiding unnecessary or unwarranted administrative
 effort and expense on the part of the Postal Service; and
 ``(C) protecting the confidentiality of information that is
 commercially sensitive or is exempt from public disclosure
 under section 552(b) of title 5.
 ``(2) Revised requirements.--The Commission may, on its own
 motion or on request of any interested party, initiate proceedings
 to improve the quality, accuracy, or completeness of Postal Service
 data required by the Commission if--
 ``(A) the attribution of costs or revenues to property,
 products, or services under this chapter has become
 significantly inaccurate or can be significantly improved;
 ``(B) the quality of service data provided to the
 Commission for a report under this chapter has become
 significantly inaccurate or can be significantly improved; or
 ``(C) such revisions are, in the judgment of the
 Commission, otherwise necessitated by the public interest.
 ``(c) Audits.--The Inspector General shall regularly audit the data
collection systems and procedures used in collecting information and
preparing the report required under subsection (a). The results of any
such audit shall be submitted to the Postal Service and the Postal
Regulatory Commission.
 ``(d) Confidential Information.--
 ``(1) In general.--If the Postal Service determines that any
 document or portion of a document, or other matter, which it
 provides to the Postal Regulatory Commission in a nonpublic annex
 under this section contains information described in section
 410(c), or exempt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of
 title 5, the Postal Service shall, at the time of providing such
 matter to the Commission, notify the Commission of its
 determination, in writing, and describe with particularity the
 documents (or portions of documents) or other matter for which
 confidentiality is sought and the reasons therefor.
 ``(2) Treatment.--Any information or other matter described in
 paragraph (1) to which the Commission gains access under this
 section shall be subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
 504(g) in the same way as if the Commission had received
 notification with respect to such matter under section 504(g)(1).
 ``(e) Annual Compliance Determination.--
 ``(1) Opportunity for public comment.--Upon receiving a report
 required under subsection (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission
 shall promptly--
 ``(A) provide an opportunity for comment on such report by
 any interested party; and
 ``(B) appoint an officer of the Commission to represent the
 interests of the general public.
 ``(2) Determination of compliance or noncompliance.--Not later
 than 90 days after receiving a report required under subsection
 (a), the Postal Regulatory Commission shall make a written
 determination as to whether the activities carried out pursuant to
 this chapter during the applicable year were or were not in
 compliance with the provisions of this chapter. For purposes of
 this paragraph, any case in which the requirements for coverage of
 costs attributable have not been met shall be considered to be a
 case of noncompliance. If, with respect to a year, no instance of
 noncompliance is found to have occurred, the determination shall be
 to that effect. Such determination of noncompliance shall be
 included with the annual compliance determination required under
 section 3653.
 ``(3) Noncompliance.--If a timely written determination of
 noncompliance is made under paragraph (2), the Postal Regulatory
 Commission shall take appropriate action. If the requirements for
 coverage of costs attributable specified by this chapter are not
 met, the Commission shall, within 60 days after the determination,
 prescribe remedial action to restore compliance as soon as
 practicable, including the full restoration of revenue shortfalls
 during the following year. The Commission may order the Postal
 Service to discontinue a nonpostal service under section 3703 that
 persistently fails to meet cost coverage requirements.
 ``(4) Deliberate noncompliance.--In the case of deliberate
 noncompliance by the Postal Service with the requirements of this
 chapter, the Postal Regulatory Commission may order, based on the
 nature, circumstances, extent, and seriousness of the
 noncompliance, a fine (in the amount specified by the Commission in
 its order) for each incidence of such noncompliance. All receipts
 from fines imposed under this subsection shall be deposited in the
 general fund of the Treasury.
 ``(f) Regulations Required.--The Postal Regulatory Commission shall
issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
 ``(g) Experimental Product Authority.--The Postal Service may
conduct market tests of agreements pursuant to section 3703 and section
3704 of this chapter subject to the same terms and conditions described
in section 3641 of this title. For the purposes of a market test, the
cost coverage requirements in sections 3703 and 3704 of this chapter
shall not apply.''.
 (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of chapters for part IV of
 title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item
 relating to chapter 36 the following:
``37. Nonpostal services.........................................3701''.

 (b) Conforming Amendments.--
 (1) Section 404.--Section 404(e) of title 39, United States
 Code, is amended in paragraph (2), by inserting after
 ``subsection'' the following: ``, or any

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Timeline

11 May 2021
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
11 May 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 May 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 2021
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
13 May 2021
Reported
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
13 May 2021
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
16 July 2021
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 30, 2021.
Source: IntroReferral
16 July 2021
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 117-89, Part I.
Source: Committee
16 July 2021
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 117-89, Part I.
Source: Committee
21 July 2021
Committee
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Oversight and Reform, H. Rept. 117-89, Part II.
Source: Committee
21 July 2021
Committee
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Oversight and Reform, H. Rept. 117-89, Part II.
Source: Committee
30 September 2021
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 8, 2021.
Source: IntroReferral
4 November 2021
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 18, 2021.
Source: IntroReferral
18 November 2021
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 3, 2021.
Source: IntroReferral
3 December 2021
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 21, 2022.
Source: IntroReferral
21 January 2022
Introduced
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 18, 2022.
Source: IntroReferral
1 February 2022
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
Source: Calendars
1 February 2022
Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Committee
1 February 2022
Discharge
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Discharge
7 February 2022
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 912 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3076 and H.R. 6617. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate for both bills. H.R. 6617 is being considered under a closed rule and H.R. 3076 is being considered under a structured rule. The resolution provides that H. Con. Res. 69 is considered adopted and provides that for purposes of the joint session to receive the President of the United States on March 1, 2022, former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners shall not be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto.
Source: Floor
8 February 2022
Calendars
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
8 February 2022
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
8 February 2022
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 342 - 92 (Roll no. 38).
Source: Floor
8 February 2022
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 342 - 92 (Roll no. 38).
Source: Floor
8 February 2022
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 912. (consideration: CR H1033-1051; text: CR H1033-1039)
Source: Floor
8 February 2022
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3076 and H.R. 6617. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate for both bills. H.R. 6617 is being considered under a closed rule and H.R. 3076 is being considered under a structured rule. The resolution provides that H. Con. Res. 69 is considered adopted and provides that for purposes of the joint session to receive the President of the United States on March 1, 2022, former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners shall not be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto.
Source: Floor
9 February 2022
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266.
Source: Calendars
10 February 2022
Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S621)
Source: Floor
14 February 2022
Calendars
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
14 February 2022
Floor
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S653)
Source: Floor
14 February 2022
Floor
Papers returned to House pursuant to H. Res. 925 (Senate message received on Feb. 15, 2022).
Source: Floor
15 February 2022
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
Source: Calendars
17 February 2022
Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S797)
Source: Floor
28 February 2022
Vote
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 20. Record Vote Number: 66. (CR S826)
Source: Floor
1 March 2022
Floor
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S845-872)
Source: Floor
2 March 2022
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S923-924, S947)
Source: Floor
3 March 2022
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S961-965)
Source: Floor
7 March 2022
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1001-1012)
Source: Floor
8 March 2022
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1023-1048)
Source: Floor
8 March 2022
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 19. Record Vote Number: 71.
Source: Floor
28 March 2022
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
28 March 2022
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
6 April 2022
Became law
Became Public Law No: 117-108.
Source: President
6 April 2022
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
6 April 2022
Became law
Signed by President.
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