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S. 380, 108th Congress

Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003

Originated in the Senate · Introduced Feb 12, 2003 · Government Operations and Politics

Latest action

Apr 23, 2003

Became Public Law No: 108-18.

CRS summary

As of Apr 23, 2003

Public Law

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on April 2, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal civil service law to revise the statutory formula for funding benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for U.S. Postal Service employees (according to the model for funding the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), using dynamic rather than static assumptions). Requires: (1) within the computation of the actuarial present value of future benefits, the full value of benefits attributable to military and volunteer service for Postal Service employees first employed after June 30, 1971, and a prorated share of the value of benefits attributable to military and volunteer service for Postal Service employees first employed before July 1, 1971; and (2) amortization schedules for liquidation of Postal supplemental pension benefit liability set with interest computed at the rate used in the most recent dynamic actuarial valuation of the Civil Service Retirement System.

Directs the United States Postal Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management each to prepare and submit to the President, Congress, and the General Accounting Office (GAO) by September 30, 2003, proposals detailing the extent to which the Department of the Treasury or the Postal Service should be responsible for funding benefits attributable to the military service of current and former Postal Service employees that, prior to enactment of this Act, were provided for under specified Federal civil service law. Requires GAO to evaluate and report on such proposals to specified congressional committees.

(Sec. 3) Requires that savings accruing to the Postal Service and attributable to FY 2003 and 2004 be used to reduce the postal debt.

Prohibits the Postal Service from incurring additional debt to offset the use of the savings to reduce the postal debt in FY 2003 and 2004.

Requires that: (1) savings attributable to FY 2005 be used to continue holding postage rates unchanged and to reduce the postal debt; and (2) savings attributable to any fiscal year after FY 2005 be considered Postal Service operating expenses and, until otherwise provided for by law, be held in escrow and not be obligated or expended.

Instructs the Postal Service to include in certain mandatory reports to Congress the amount applied toward reducing the postal debt and the size of such debt before and after the application of this Act during the period covered by the report.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the savings accruing to the Postal Service as a result of the enactment of this Act will be sufficient to allow the Postal Service to fulfill its commitment to hold postage rates unchanged until at least 2006; (2) because the Postal Service still faces substantial obligations related to postretirement health benefits for its current and former employees, some portion of those savings should be used to address the unfunded obligations; and (3) none of the savings should be used to pay bonuses to Postal Service executives.

Directs the Postal Service to submit to the President and Congress its proposal detailing how any savings accruing to it as a result of the enactment of this Act, and which are attributable to any fiscal year after FY 2005, should be expended. Requires GAO to evaluate such proposal for specified congressional committees, and Congress, after receiving both proposal and evaluation, to revisit the question of how the savings should be used.

Requires the Postmaster General to report to Congress how the Postal Service proposes to use any surplus determined by the Office of Management and Budget as of the end of FY 2025 or any earlier date by which all postal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System will have retired.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Apr 8, 2003 · On Passage

Full roll call

Passed (424–0)

248 of 435 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 424 (100 D · 85 R · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
PORTER, Jon C.—NV
RAMSTAD, James—MN
DICKS, Norman DeValois—WA
CASTLE, Michael Newbold—DE
WELLER, Gerald C.—IL
SHADEGG, John B.—AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner—MD
CARDOZA, Dennis A.—CA
OTTER, C. L.—ID
McINNIS, Scott—CO
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby—WV
ALLEN, Thomas H.—ME
PETERSON, John—PA
WATT, Melvin L.—NC
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy—CA
PUTNAM, Adam—FL
FLETCHER, Ernest L.—KY
FOSSELLA, Vito John—NY
MCCRERY, James O., III—LA
BALLENGER, Cass—NC
LAHOOD, Ray H.—IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.—OH
HART, Melissa A.—PA
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene—OH
COX, Charles Christopher—CA
SHERWOOD, Don—PA
RYUN, Jim—KS
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence—CA
EHLERS, Vernon James—MI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.—CA
HOEFFEL, Joseph M.—PA
AKIN, W. Todd—MO
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.—MN
SWEENEY, John E.—NY
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan—IN
LINDER, John Elmer—GA
RENZI, Rick—AZ
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.—IL
MOORE, Dennis—KS
BURNS, Max—GA
ROTHMAN, Steven—NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle—IN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks—MI
WEXLER, Robert—FL
REYES, Silvestre—TX
OWENS, Major Robert Odell—NY
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.—AZ
JOHNSON, Timothy V.—IL
FRANK, Barney—MA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor—CA
BROWN-WAITE, Virginia—FL
HOBSON, David Lee—OH
KENNEDY, Mark—MN
OBEY, David Ross—WI
BONILLA, Henry—TX
SIMMONS, Robert—CT
GREENWOOD, James Charles—PA
CHOCOLA, Chris—IN
WATSON, Diane Edith—CA
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.—TX
LUCAS, Ken—KY
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane—CA
TANCREDO, Thomas G.—CO
BASS, Charles Foster—NH
BELL, Chris—TX
SOUDER, Mark Edward—IN
TANNER, John S.—TN
SHAYS, Christopher H.—CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III—VA
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph—LA
KELLER, Richard—FL
EVANS, Lane Allen—IL
OSBORNE, Thomas—NE
GREEN, Mark—WI
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher—KY
DEUTSCH, Peter R.—FL
MANZULLO, Donald A.—IL
REYNOLDS, Thomas M.—NY
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.—SC
KUCINICH, Dennis—OH
BIGGERT, Judy Borg—IL
HOOLEY, Darlene—OR
RADANOVICH, George P.—CA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus George—MI
MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N—CO
MILLER, Brad—NC
FERGUSON, Michael—NJ
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene—MS
KOLBE, James Thomas—AZ
SULLIVAN, John—OK
ORTIZ, Solomon P.—TX
WILSON, Heather—NM
SOLIS, Hilda L.—CA
TURNER, Jim—TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.—VA
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph—MI
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.—TX
CRANE, Philip Miller—IL
OBERSTAR, James Louis—MN
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.—FL
LANTOS, Thomas Peter—CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita—CA
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.—NY
TOWNS, Edolphus—NY
STRICKLAND, Ted—OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.—PA
POMBO, Richard William—CA
DELAHUNT, Bill—MA
McHUGH, John Michael—NY
DREIER, David Timothy—CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea—NY
BERKLEY, Shelley—NV
HARMAN, Jane L.—CA
FORD, Harold, Jr.—TN
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.—CA
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas—MD
MARSHALL, Jim—GA
YOUNG, Charles William—FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart—NC
JOHN, Christopher—LA
DAVIS, Artur—AL
CANTOR, Eric—VA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas—MA
REHBERG, Denny—MT
BARRETT, James Gresham—SC
DOOLEY, Calvin M.—CA
PAUL, Ronald Ernest—TX
DeLAY, Thomas Dale—TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee—CT
BACA, Joe—CA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.—IA
STENHOLM, Charles Walter—TX
INSLEE, Jay Robert—WA
PLATTS, Todd—PA
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy—FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis—PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV—MO
WU, David—OR
HEFLEY, Joel M.—CO
CANNON, Christopher B.—UT
ABERCROMBIE, Neil—HI
CUBIN, Barbara L.—WY
KELLY, Sue W.—NY
GIBBONS, James A.—NV
FROST, Jonas Martin—TX
DAVIS, Jim—FL
SCHROCK, Edward—VA
HULSHOF, Kenny—MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus—OH
SANDLIN, Max A.—TX
BRADLEY, Jeb—NH
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.—MS
DAVIS, Lincoln—TN
DeMINT, James W.—SC
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.—VA
JANKLOW, William J.—SD
KILDEE, Dale Edward—MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis—IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard—NY
SABO, Martin Olav—MN
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.—SC
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis—NY
EVERETT, Robert Terry—AL
LEWIS, Ron—KY
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel—WI
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.—AL
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy—PA
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent—NE
ROSS, Michael Avery—AR
WAMP, Zachary Paul—TN
COLLINS, Michael Allen—GA
MEEK, Kendrick B.—FL
CUNNINGHAM, Randall—CA
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III—ND
BALLANCE, Frank W., Jr.—NC
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn—WA
HOEKSTRA, Peter—MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.—NC
BILIRAKIS, Michael—FL
FEENEY, Tom—FL
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph—RI
EMERSON, Jo Ann—MO
MAJETTE, Denise L.—GA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.—PA
SNYDER, Victor F.—AR
MYRICK, Sue—NC
JEFFERSON, William Jennings—LA
CARSON, Brad—OK
BEAUPREZ, Bob—CO
QUINN, John Francis—NY
THOMAS, William Marshall—CA
MATSUI, Robert T.—CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.—FL
DEAL, John Nathan—GA
NEY, Robert William—OH
BURTON, Danny Lee—IN
WEINER, Anthony D.—NY
LEACH, James Albert Smith—IA
HARRIS, Katherine—FL
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan—PA
JONES, Stephanie Tubbs—OH
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.—GA
FILNER, Bob—CA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester—TX
LIPINSKI, William Oliver—IL
BERRY, Robert Marion—AR
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest—NJ
GOSS, Porter J.—FL
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln—FL
DAVIS, Jo Ann—VA
WALSH, James T.—NY
EMANUEL, Rahm—IL
BONO, Mary—CA
FOLEY, Mark A.—FL
ALEXANDER, Rodney—LA
WELDON, David Joseph—FL
HERGER, Walter William—CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver—OH
McNULTY, Michael Robert—NY
GALLEGLY, Elton W.—CA
NUSSLE, James Allen—IA
HILL, Baron P.—IN
WYNN, Albert Russell—MD
HUNTER, Duncan Lee—CA
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.—WA
BAKER, Richard Hugh—LA
PENCE, Mike—IN
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.—OK
OLVER, John Walter—MA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.—TX
PRYCE, Deborah D.—OH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins—AL
CARSON, Julia May—IN
HAYES, Robert Cannon—NC
SAXTON, Hugh James—NJ
BAIRD, Brian—WA
OSE, Doug—CA
TIAHRT, Todd—KS
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Mark UdallDemocratCO
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Ed CaseDemocratHI
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
David VitterRepublicanLA
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
John KlineRepublicanMN
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV

Not Voting: 11 (1 R)

MemberPartyState
HYDE, Henry John—IL
GORDON, Barton Jennings—TN
COMBEST, Larry Ed—TX
McCARTHY, Karen—MO
STUPAK, Bart T.—MI
SMITH, Nick H.—MI
JENKINS, William Lewis—TN
HASTERT, John Dennis—IL
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew—MO
PAYNE, Donald Milford—NJ
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK

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