On October 1, 2020 the House of Representatives passed an updated version of the HEROES ACT. The part of that Act dealing with the USPS includes dedicating $15 billion for the Postal Service to backfill revenue forgone due to the coronavirus pandemic, plus language providing additional protections to Postal workers. An additional $15 million is…
PMG DeJoy will testify on Friday, August 21 at 9am EST, before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Finances and Operations of USPS during COVID-19 and upcoming elections. DeJoy will again testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday, August 24, at 10am EST on protecting the timely delivery of mail, medicine, and…
National news Aug. 18, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued the following statement today: “The United States Postal Service will play a critical role this year in delivering election mail for millions of voters across the country. There has been a lot of discussion recently about whether the Postal Service is ready,…
A letter urging the Senate to provide aid for the US Postal Service in the next COVID relief package, known as the HEROES Act, was sent to Senate leadership on June 10, 2020 by Democrat Representative Mike Levin (CA-49) and Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1). The letter states the first COVID relief package, the CARES…
By: Van Carver, Van Scoyoc Associates Wednesday, June 3, 2020 a virtual forum was held by Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO). Witnesses included John McHugh (former Member of Congress), Chairman of The Package Coalition and Jim Sauber, Chief of Staff, National Association of…
April 2020 As the USPS continues to struggle financially, its difficulties are being significantly compounded by a sharp decline in mail volume due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The House version of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), H.R. 748, included provisions that sought to relieve financial pressure on the USPS resulting…
Members of the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal System met in May 2018 with AUSPL leadership at the U.S. Treasury Department. They discussed the value of rural post offices. AUSPL members advised the Task Force on ways these facilities benefit their communities, and additional means of increasing their value. In addition the group discussed the…
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 5714 by voice vote on July 12, 2016. The Committee has requested that the Congressional Budget Office determine the cost to implement this legislation and to have that estimate available when the House reconvenes in September. This cost estimate will have a major impact on the legislation’s future consideration during the remainder of this 114th Congress.
The legislation seeks to put the United States Postal Service on a firmer financial foundation by refinancing USPS prefunding payments to the federal government for the retirement and health care benefits of postal employees; requiring that postal retirees use Medicare as their primary health carrier; allows USPS to raise first class mail rates by 1 cent to make up for the rate decrease in April; and gives the Postal Rate Commission the ability to adjust other postal rates.
H.R. 5714 authorizes the Postal Service’s to provide a new range of non-postal services to state, local and tribal governments and other federal agencies. It also creates a new position of Chief Innovation Officer to manage the Postal Service’s development and implementation of innovative postal and non-postal products and services. The current nine-member Board of Governors would be reduced to five, with authority to hire, hire and set salary for PMG & Deputy PMG.