IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 277 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to restore service standards in effect as of July 1, 2012. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 6, 2023 Mr. BACON (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. DEAN of Pennsyl- vania, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. BERA, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCGOV- ERN, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. SMITH of Washington) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ac- countability RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appro- priate measures to restore service standards in effect as of July 1, 2012. Whereas, on January 5, 2015, the United States Postal Serv- ice has implemented lower ‘‘service standards’’ to vir- tually eliminate overnight delivery of first class mail and periodicals, and further delay most other mail; Whereas the Postal Regulatory Commission found that it was not necessary to degrade postal services to realize sub- VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR277.IH HR277 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 277 IH stantial cost savings and that there are other ways to save the postal service money without jeopardizing the service Americans rely upon; Whereas delayed mail negatively impacts businesses, hurts residents, rural communities, and the economy, and drives customers away, resulting in lower revenue and worsens the Postal Service’s financial situation; and Whereas robust service standards implemented by the United States Postal Service are essential to providing prompt and timely delivery of all mail, online purchases, local newspapers, newsletters, bill payments, letters, invita- tions, packages, and medicines: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that the United States Postal Service should 2 take all appropriate measures to restore service standards 3 in effect as of July 1, 2012. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR277.IH HR277 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB