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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1560 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify procedures for negotiating |
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| 6 | 6 | | pay and benefits of supervisory and other managerial personnel of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | United States Postal Service, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONNOLLY(for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify procedures |
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| 15 | 15 | | for negotiating pay and benefits of supervisory and other |
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| 16 | 16 | | managerial personnel of the United States Postal Serv- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ice, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Supervisors and 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Managers Fairness Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. NEGOTIATION OF PAY AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FOR POSTAL SERVICE SUPERVISORY AND 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL POSITIONS. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 1004 of 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lows: 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(e)(1) Not later than 60 days before the date on 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | which a Postal Service pay decision under this section re-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | garding pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit pro-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | grams is scheduled to expire, the Postal Service shall pro-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | vide a written proposal to the supervisors’ organization for 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | any changes in pay policies and schedules and fringe ben-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | efit programs for members of the supervisors’ organization 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for a covered period. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(2) Not later than 60 days after the date an agree-15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment is reached on a collective bargaining agreement be-16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tween the Postal Service and a bargaining representative 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | recognized under section 1203 that affects any matter (in-18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cluding the supervisory differential) concerning supervisor 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and manager pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | programs, the Postal Service shall provide a written pro-21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | posal regarding the matters so affected to the supervisors’ 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | organization for any changes in pay policies and schedules 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and fringe benefit programs covering members of the su-24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | pervisors’ organization. 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(3) The Postal Service and the supervisors’ organi-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | zation shall strive to resolve any differences concerning the 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | proposal described in paragraph (1) or (2) under the pro-3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | cedures provided for, or adopted under, subsection (d).’’. 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) M |
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| 60 | 60 | | ODIFICATION OF DISPUTERESOLUTION.— 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Paragraph (5) of section 1004(f) of title 39, United States 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(5) Not more than 15 days after the panel has made 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | its recommendation and considered input from the Postal 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Service and the supervisors’ organization pursuant to 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | paragraph (4), the panel shall issue its final determination 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | for pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs. 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Such final determination shall be binding upon the Postal 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Service and the supervisors’ organization.’’. 14 |
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