S.Amdt. 2003

1. Adds SEC. __. CERTIFICATION BY GOVERNOR OF A STATE wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. CERTIFICATION BY GOVERNOR OF A STATE.

   Inserted: Section 404(f) of title 39, United States Code, as added by section 201 of this Act, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively;

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

   Inserted: "(2) Certification by governor of a state.--

   Inserted: "(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--

   Inserted: "(i) the term 'Governor' means the chief executive officer of a State; and

   Inserted: "(ii) the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

   Inserted: "(B) Certification required.--The Postal Service may not close or consolidate a postal facility unless the Governor of the State in which the postal facility is located submits to the Postal Service a certification that the closing or consolidation--

   Inserted: "(i) will not harm community safety;

   Inserted: "(ii) will not directly or indirectly disrupt commerce; and

   Inserted: "(iii) will not limit access to communications in any rural community that lacks broadband internet availability or cellular telephone coverage.";

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   Inserted: (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--

   Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting after "facility," the following: "and after receiving a certification submitted under paragraph (2)(B) for that postal facility,"; and

   Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (B)--

   Inserted: (i) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

   Inserted: (ii) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(i) Request for certification from governor.--

   Inserted: "(I) Completed area mail processing studies.--In the case of a postal facility described in clause (iii) for which an area mail processing study has been completed, the Postal Service shall request a certification, as described in paragraph (2)(B), for the postal facility from the Governor of the State in which the postal facility is located.

   Inserted: "(II) Ongoing area mail processing studies.--In the case of a postal facility described in clause (iii) for which an area mail processing study is in progress, the Postal Service shall--

   Inserted: "(aa) suspend the area mail processing study;

   Inserted: "(bb) request a certification, as described in paragraph (2)(B), for the postal facility from the Governor of the State in which the postal facility is located; and

   Inserted: "(cc) after receiving a certification submitted under paragraph (2)(B) for the postal facility, complete the area mail processing study.

   Inserted: "(ii) Consideration of alternative plan.--After receiving a certification submitted under paragraph (2)(B) for a postal facility described in clause (iii), the Postal Service shall--

   Inserted: "(I) consider a plan to reduce the capacity of the postal facility, but not close the postal facility; and

   Inserted: "(II) publish the results of the consideration under subclause (I) with or as an amendment to the area mail processing study relating to the postal facility.";

   Inserted: (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated--

   Inserted: (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "(3)" and inserting "(4)"; and

   Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking "(3)" and inserting "(4)"; and

   Inserted: (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated--

   Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "(4)" and inserting "(5)";

   Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "(4)" and inserting "(5)"; and

   Inserted: (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking "(4)" and inserting "(5)".

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