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Legislation seeking to reform voting rights, campaign finance issues, lobbying and governmental ethics. Of importance to letter carriers is language expanding "vote-by-mail" to the whole country.
Sponsors: Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) & 222 co-sponsors
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It calls on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the U.S.P.S. remain an independent agency of the Federal Government and not be subject to privatization.
Sponsors: Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) & 129 co-sponsors
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H.R 82 deals with the repeal of Windfall Elimination Provisions & Government Pension Offset from the Social Security Act. This would prevent reductions in or elimination of S.S. benefits for affected employees and spouses. Supported by NALC.
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Sponsors: Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D&#$5;VA) & 323 co-sponsors
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the USPS should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. Supported by NALC.
Sponsors: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) & 80 co-sponsors
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the USPS should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service. Supported by NALC.
Sponsors: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) & 54 co-sponsors
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the USPS should take all appropriate measures to restore service standards in effect as of July 1, 2012. Supported by NALC.
Sponsors: Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) & 35 co-sponsors
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Legislation that would expand "vote-by-mail" to every state without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballots.
Sponsors: Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) & 15 co-sponsors
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Legislation that would extend federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, to ensure that the right to appeal such actiona to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to any employee of the USPS not represented by a bargaining representative.
Sponsors: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) & 29 co-sponsors
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H.R. 695 would finally repeal the "pre-funding" mandate which was enacted through the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006.
Sponsors: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) & 249 co-sponsors
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H.R. 840 would expand the VA Child Care Pilot Program, allowing military veterans to have access to cost-free child care during their VA medical appointments. Nearly one quarter of letter carriers are veterans.
Sponsors: Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) & 22 co-sponsors
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H.R. 1057 would apply private-shipper customs rules and regulations to the USPS. This would effectively impose costs and penalties on the Postal Service that could not recovered by levying surcharges (as prohibited by the Universal Postal Union treaty). As is, NALC is urging Congress to fix the flaws in the STOP Act before considering it.
Sponsors: Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) & 272 co-sponsors
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H.R. 1254 would bring equality to the way COLA's are made under the CSRS and the FERS. This bill ensures that all retirees would receive the same annual cost of living adjustment.
Sponsors: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) & 19 co-sponsors
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H.R. 1384 would create a universal, single-payer health program that would replace most current forms of health insurance. NALC is currently reviewing the impact it would have on letter carriers.
Sponsors: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) & 118 co-sponsors
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H.R. 2517 would provide the Postal Service with the authority to ship beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages from licensed producers and retailers direct to legal consumers.
Sponsors: Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) & 44 co-sponsors
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H.R. 2553 would strengthen Postal Service finances by rasing the long-term rate of return on Retiree Health Benefits Fund assets.
Sponsors: Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) & 2 co-sponsors
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H.R. 3076 will provide stability and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service.
Sponsors: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) & 102 co-sponsors
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H.R. 3269 deals with the repeal of the 2012 FERS annuity calculation increases (Public Law 112-96), restoring it to 0.8 percent instead of the 3.1 percent paid by employees hired after 2012 and the 4.4 percent for those hired after 2013. Supported by NALC.
Sponsors: Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) & 30 co-sponsors
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H.R. 3257, the Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency (or PAGE) Act, would define future federal employees as "at-will" employees. Such employees would be subject to the whims of political appointees overseeing federal agencies and could be fired (without notice or right to appeal) for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all. This measure would subject pay raises to an arbitrary new formula, deny retirement benefits to anyone under investigation for a felony (including retirees), allow agency heads to demote career executives and reduce their pay without cause, and prevent union representation on the worksite. NALC strongly opposes this legislation and urges letter carriers to contact their representatives regarding this matter.
Sponsors: Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) & 3 co-sponsors
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H.R 5995 modifies the federal civilian service that is creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Specifically, it expands the nondeduction service that may be creditable under FERS. Nondeduction service is federal service where an employee's pay is not subject to retirement deductions (e.g., service under a temporary appointment). Currently, nondeduction service performed before January 1, 1989, is creditable under FERS so long as a deposit is made into the retirement fund to cover the period of nondeduction service. This bill allows nondeduction service performed on or after January 1, 1989, to be creditable under FERS so long as a deposit is made into the retirement fund.
Sponsors: Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rep. David Valadao (R-CA), Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) & 113 co-sponsors
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H.R. 7629 requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (i.e. assaulting a postal service employee, breaking into a post office and theft or obstruction of mails). H.R. 7629 also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer. H.R. 7629 also authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.
Sponsors: Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) & 102 co-sponsors
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Legislation that would expand "vote-by-mail" to every state without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballots.
Sponsors: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) & 16 co-sponsors
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S. 99 calls on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the USPS remain an independent agency of the Federal Government and not be subject to privatization. This represents the second time a bipartisan majority has taken this step.
Sponsors: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) & 54 co-sponsors
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A bill to repeal the mandate that the USPS be required to prefund postal retiree health benefits.
Sponsors: Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) & 7 co-sponsors
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S. 319 would address the VA Child Care Pilot Program, providing access to cost-free child care during VA medical appointments to military veterans. Nearly one quarter of letter carriers are veterans.
Sponsors: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) & 12 co-sponsors
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S. 597 deals with the repeal of Windfall Elimination Provisions & Government Pension Offset from the Social Security Act. This would prevent reductions in or elimination of S.S. benefits for affected employees and spouses. Supported by NALC.
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Sponsors: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-NM), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) & 62 co-sponsors
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S. 684 would repeal the 40 percent excise tax on certain employer-sponsored health plans. Also known as the "Cadillac Tax", it targets high-cost health insurance plans and adversely affects middle-class health benefits.
Sponsors: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) & 63 co-sponsors
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This would eliminate restrictions on age-based withdrawals, allowing for active federal employees older than 59-1/2 to make multiple age-based withdrawals while still working and for retirees to make multiple, partial post-separation withdrawals. It would also allow participants to stop quarterly or annual payments, permit periodic withdrawals to be changed at any point during the year and save the option to purchase an annuity while recovering monthly benefits.
Sponsors: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) & 4 co-sponsors
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A bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service.
Sponsors: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) & 19 co-sponsors
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S. 4356 requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (i.e. assaulting a postal service employee, breaking into a post office and theft or obstruction of mails). S. 4356 also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer. S. 4356 also authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.
Sponsors: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Josh Hawley (R-MO) & 1 co-sponsor
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A bill which would increase penalties for crimes against election workers and enact the Postal Service Election Improvement Act.
Sponsors: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) & 11 co-sponsors