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Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015

S. 2051 · 114th Congress · Sep 17, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015”.

Sec. 2 Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 3 Definitions

In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
Commission— The term Commission means the Postal Regulatory Commission.
(2)
Postal Service— The term Postal Service means the United States Postal Service.

Sec. 4 Universal service obligation and guiding principles

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the universal service obligation of the Postal Service that—
(1)
takes into account—
(A)
the report of the Commission entitled “Universal Postal Service and the Postal Monopoly”, submitted to the President and Congress on December 19, 2008, in accordance with section 702 of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (39 U.S.C. 501 note); and
(B)
the changing nature of communications, including the dramatic changes in e-commerce and the global marketplace; and
(2)
includes recommendations on better defining the universal service obligation of the Postal Service to help keep the Postal Service relevant in the digital age.