On February 9, 2016, the President submitted to Congress his Budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
The Appendix under Other Independent Agencies contained the Administration’s approach to resolving financial difficulties at the US Postal Service. The Administration promises to work with the Congress and Postal stakeholders to secure reforms that improve the efficiency of the USPS, update its business model and provide measures for financial relief.
The General Conditions portion of the US Postal Service lease contains eleven sections. Sections 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11 are federally mandated.
In The U. S. House of Representatives on March 1, 2016, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-2) introduced H.R. 4565, also called the “Stop Postal Closures Act of 2016”. The general purpose of this bill is to address and improve declining USPS service standards and reinstate service standards that were in effect on July 1, 2012.
This bill would place a moratorium on closing or consolidating postal processing facilities. The moratorium would not prohibit closing post offices.