USPS Fairness Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 695 To amend title 5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. REED, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. BEYER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STANTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. DEAN, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. MENG, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. BOST, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. WEXTON, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. PINGREE, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. KIND, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. DIAZ- BALART, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. NADLER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. COOPER, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CASE, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. NOR- CROSS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. WILD, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RUPPERS- BERGER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. MCNER- NEY, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. KATKO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:18 Feb 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H695.IH H695 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 695 IH ESHOO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. JONES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. CROW, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi- nois, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. PORTER, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. ROYBAL- ALLARD, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. BASS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LAMB, Mr. VELA, Ms. OMAR, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. TURNER, Ms. ROSS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. BERA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. EMMER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. NEAL, Mr. LIEU, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BACON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. HIMES, Ms. MANNING, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CORREA, Mr. GARBARINO, and Mr. KEATING) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- sight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to repeal the require- ment that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USPS Fairness Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:18 Feb 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H695.IH H695 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 695 IH SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIRED PREPAYMENT OF FUTURE 1 POSTAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. 2 Subsection (d) of section 8909a of title 5, United 3 States Code, is repealed. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:18 Feb 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H695.IH H695 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS