S.1649 - United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculationand Restoration Act of 2011

A bill to amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculationand Restoration Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes. as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

Bill's Views

  • Today: 1
  • Past Seven Days: 9
  • All-Time: 824
 
Introduced
 
Senate
Passes
 
House
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
10/03/11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Official Summary

10/4/2011--Introduced.United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011 - Prescribes the "average pay" to be used in determining annuities for civilian employment with the United States Postal Service (USPS) for purposes of provisions relat

Official Summary

10/4/2011--Introduced.United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011 - Prescribes the "average pay" to be used in determining annuities for civilian employment with the United States Postal Service (USPS) for purposes of provisions relating to future benefits attributable to such employment in order to calculate the amount of any USPS surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
(1) within six months after enactment of this Act, to determine (or, if applicable, redetermine) the amount of such surplus or liability as of the close of the most recently ending fiscal year using the methodology required under this Act; and
(2) if the result is a surplus, to transfer the surplus amount to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund within 15 days after the determination of a surplus. Provides for an alternate determination of a USPS surplus or supplemental liability for FY2016-FY2020. Requires transfer of certain surplus postal retirement contributions in FY2011 to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund or the Employees' Compensation Fund under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. Prohibits USPS from closing any post office which is located more than 10 miles from any other post office. Expresses the intent of Congress that this Act shall apply to allocations of past, present, and future benefit liabilities between the USPS and the Treasury.

...Read the Rest

FEED

Recent News Coverage

View All (5)  |  View Top Rated

05/23/12
Let Freedom Ring!

This vision was soon codified in Maryland’s 1649 Act Concerning Religion (also called the “Toleration Act”), which was the first law in our nation’s history to protect an individual’s right to freedom of conscience. Maryland’s experiment in ...

Source: Catholic Culture
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
04/12/12
Be ‘On Guard for Religious Liberty Is Under Attack’

This vision was soon codified in Maryland’s 1649 Act Concerning Religion (also called the “Toleration Act”), which was the first law in our nation’s history to protect an individual’s right to freedom of conscience. Maryland’s early history ...

Source: Article.nationalreview.com
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
04/12/12
The Bishops Give Us A History Lesson On Religious Liberty And A Call For Prayer

This vision was soon codified in Maryland’s 1649 Act Concerning Religion (also called the “Toleration Act”), which was the first law in our nation’s history to protect an individual’s right to freedom of conscience. Maryland’s early ...

Source: patheos.com
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
FEED

Recent Blog Coverage

View All (118)  |  View Top Rated

01/12/12
Demise of U.S. Post Office Not What It Appears | Palo Alto Free Press

who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and sits on the Super Committee,has introduced the companion bill S. 1649,the Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D–Md.) added S. 1688. ...

Source: Tony Ciampi
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
12/05/11
Phony Crisis Trumped Up for Our United States Postal Service ...

None of the big media ever mentions Congressional bills H.R. 1351 and 3174 and S. 1649 and 1688, which would easily solve the phony "crisis." But how they smile on privatization! "The postal business is worth a lot of ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
12/05/11
Phony Crisis Trumped Up for Our United States Postal Service ...

None of the big media ever mentions Congressional bills H.R. 1351 and 3174 and S. 1649 and 1688, which would easily solve the phony "crisis." But how they smile on privatization! "The postal business is worth a lot of ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate

Latest Letters to Congress

See All Letters (1)
 


Users tracking S.1649 (2) are also tracking:

Bills People Issues



Users supporting S.1649 (1) are also:

Supporting Bill Supporting Senator Supporting Representative


Opposing Bill Opposing Senator Opposing Representative





Vote on This Bill

100% Users Support Bill

1 in favor / 0 opposed
 

Send Your Senator a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.