To establish the Commission on Postal Reorganization.

SA 2033. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Coburn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1789, to
improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

TITLE V--COMMISSION ON POSTAL REORGANIZATION

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Commission on Postal
Reorganization Act'' or the ``CPR Act''.

SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this title--
(1) the term ``Postal Service'' means the United States
Postal Service;
(2) the term ``postal retail facility'' means a post
office, post office branch, post office classified station,
or other facility which is operated by the Postal Service,
and the primary function of which is to provide retail postal
services;
(3) the term ``mail processing facility'' means a
processing and distribution center, processing and
distribution facility, network distribution center, or other
facility which is operated by the Postal Service, and the
primary function of which is to sort and process mail;
(4) the term ``district office'' means the central office
of an administrative field unit with responsibility for
postal operations in a designated geographic area (as defined
under regulations, directives, or other guidance of the
Postal Service, as in effect on June 23, 2011);
(5) the term ``area office'' means the central office of an
administrative field unit with responsibility for postal
operations in a designated geographic area which is comprised
of designated geographic areas as referred to in paragraph
(4); and
(6) the term ``baseline year'' means the fiscal year last
ending before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 503. COMMISSION ON POSTAL REORGANIZATION.

(a) Establishment.--There shall be established, not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, an
independent commission to be known as the ``Commission on
Postal Reorganization'' (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Duties.--The Commission shall carry out the duties
specified for it in this title.
(c) Members.--
(1) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of 5
members who shall be appointed by the President, and of
whom--
(A) 1 shall be appointed from among individuals recommended
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(B) 1 shall be appointed from among individuals recommended
by the majority leader of the Senate;
(C) 1 shall be appointed from among individuals recommended
by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(D) 1 shall be appointed from among individuals recommended
by the minority leader of the Senate; and
(E) 1 shall be appointed from among individuals recommended
by the Comptroller General.
(2) Qualifications.--
(A) In general.--Members of the Commission shall be chosen
to represent the public interest generally, and shall not be
representatives of specific interests using the Postal
Service.
(B) Ineligibility.--An individual may not be appointed to
serve as a member of the Commission if such individual served
as an employee of the Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory
Commission, or of a labor organization representing employees
of the Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission,
during the 3-year period ending on the date of such
appointment.
(3) Political affiliation.--Not more than 3 members of the
Commission may be of the same political party.
(d) Terms.--Each member of the Commission shall be
appointed for the life of the Commission and may be removed
only for cause.
(e) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.
(f) Chairman.--The President shall, at the time of making
appointments under subsection (c), designate one of the
members to serve as chairman of the Commission.
(g) Compensation and Travel Expenses.--
(1) Compensation.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
each member of the Commission shall be paid at a rate equal
to the daily equivalent of $40,000 per year for each day
(including travel time) during which the member is engaged in
the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.
(B) Exception.--Any member of the Commission who is a full-
time officer or employee of the United States may not receive
additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of such
member's service on the Commission.
(2) Travel expenses.--Each member shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in
accordance with applicable provisions of subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
(h) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who
shall be appointed by the Commission. The Director shall be
paid at the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
An appointment under this subsection shall be subject to the
requirements of subsection (c)(2).
(i) Additional Personnel.--With the approval of the
Commission, the Director may appoint and fix the pay of such
additional personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
Such additional personnel may be appointed without regard to
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title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
such title relating to classification and General Schedule
pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not
receive pay at a rate of basic pay in excess of the rate of
basic pay payable to the Director. An individual appointed
under this subsection shall serve at the pleasure of the
Director.
(j) Provisions Relating to Details.--
(1) In general.--Upon request of the Director, the head of
any Federal department or agency may detail any of the
personnel of such department or agency to the Commission to
assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this
title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide
continuity in the work of the Commission, such details may be
extended beyond 1 year at the request of the Director.
(2) Numerical limitation.--Not more than \1/3\ of the
personnel of the Commission may consist of the number of
individuals on detail from the Postal Service and the Postal
Regulatory Commission combined.
(3) Other limitations.--A person may not be detailed to the
Commission from the Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory
Commission if such person participated personally and
substantially on any matter, within the Postal Service or the
Postal Regulatory Commission, concerning the preparation of
recommendations for closures or consolidations of postal
facilities under this title. No employee of the Postal
Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission (including a
detailee to the Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory
Commission) may--
(A) prepare any report concerning the effectiveness,
fitness, or efficiency of the performance, on the staff of
the Commission, of any person detailed from the Postal
Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission to such staff;
(B) review the preparation of such a report; or
(C) approve or disapprove such a report.
(k) Other Authorities.--
(1) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure by
contract, to the extent funds are available, temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code.
(2) Leasing, etc.--The Commission may lease space and
acquire personal property to the extent funds are available.
(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--In order to carry out
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated out of
the Postal Service Fund $20,000,000, which funds shall remain
available until expended.
(m) Financial Reporting.--
(1) Audit and expenditures.--The Commission shall be
responsible for issuing annual financial statements and for
establishing and maintaining adequate controls over its
financial reporting.
(2) Internal audits.--The Commission shall maintain an
adequate internal audit of its financial transactions.
(3) Annual certification.--The Commission shall obtain an
annual certification for each fiscal year from an
independent, certified public accounting firm of the accuracy
of its financial statements.
(4) Comptroller general.--The accounts and operations of
the Commission shall be audited by the Comptroller General
and reports thereon made to the Congress to the extent and at
such times as the Comptroller General may determine.
(n) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 60 days
after submitting its final reports under section 504(d)(3).

SEC. 504. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATIONS.

(a) Plan for the Closure or Consolidation of Postal Retail
Facilities.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Postal Service, in
consultation with the Postal Regulatory Commission, shall
develop and submit to the Commission on Postal Reorganization
a plan for the closure or consolidation of such postal retail
facilities as the Postal Service considers necessary and
appropriate so that the total annual costs attributable to
the operation of postal retail facilities will be, for each
fiscal year beginning at least 2 years after the date on
which the Commission transmits to Congress its final report
under subsection (d)(3)(A) relating to this subsection, at
least $1,000,000,000 less than the corresponding total annual
costs for the baseline year.
(2) Contents.--The plan shall include--
(A) a list of the postal retail facilities proposed for
closure or consolidation under this title;
(B) a proposed schedule under which--
(i) closures and consolidations of postal retail facilities
would be carried out under this title; and
(ii) all closures and consolidations of postal retail
facilities under this title would be completed by not later
than 2 years after the date on which the Commission transmits
to Congress its final report under subsection (d)(3)(A)
relating to such plan;
(C) the estimated total annual cost savings attributable to
the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan;
(D) the criteria and process used to develop the
information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(E) the methodology and assumptions used to derive the
estimates described in subparagraph (C); and
(F) any changes to the processing, transportation,
delivery, or other postal operations anticipated as a result
of the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan.
(3) Consistency.--The methodology and assumptions used to
derive the cost estimates described in paragraph (2)(C) shall
be consistent with the methodology and assumptions which
would have been used by the Postal Service if those closures
and consolidations had instead taken effect in the baseline
year.
(b) Plan for the Closure or Consolidation of Mail
Processing Facilities.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 300 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Postal Service, in
consultation with the Inspector General of the United States
Postal Service, shall develop and submit to the Commission on
Postal Reorganization a plan for the closure or consolidation
of such mail processing facilities as the Postal Service
considers necessary and appropriate so that--
(A) the total annual costs attributable to the operation of
mail processing facilities will be, for each fiscal year
beginning at least 2 years after the date on which the
Commission transmits to Congress its final report under
subsection (d)(3)(A) relating to this subsection, at least
$2,000,000,000 less than the corresponding total annual costs
for the baseline year; and
(B) the Postal Service has, for fiscal years beginning at
least 2 years after the date on which the Commission
transmits to Congress its final report under subsection
(d)(3)(A) relating to this subsection, no more than 10
percent excess mail processing capacity.
(2) Contents.--The plan shall include--
(A) a list of the mail processing facilities proposed for
closure or consolidation under this title;
(B) a proposed schedule under which--
(i) closures and consolidations of mail processing
facilities would be carried out under this title; and
(ii) all closures and consolidations of mail processing
facilities under this title would be completed by not later
than 2 years after the date on which the Commission transmits
to Congress its final report under subsection (d)(3)(A)
relating to such plan;
(C) the estimated total annual cost savings attributable to
the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan;
(D) the criteria and process used to develop the
information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(E) the methodology and assumptions used to derive the
estimates described in subparagraph (C); and
(F) any changes to the processing, transportation,
delivery, or other postal operations anticipated as a result
of the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan.
(3) Consistency.--The methodology and assumptions used to
derive the cost estimates described in paragraph (2)(C) shall
be consistent with the methodology and assumptions which
would have been used by the Postal Service if those closures
and consolidations had instead taken effect in the baseline
year.
(4) Excess mail processing capacity.--The Commission shall
cause to be published in the Federal Register notice of a
proposed definition of ``excess mail processing capacity''
for purposes of this section within 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and shall provide a period of
30 days for public comment on the proposed definition. Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Commission shall issue and cause to be published in
the Federal Register a final definition of ``excess mail
processing capacity'' for purposes of this section. Such
definition shall include an estimate of the total amount of
excess mail processing capacity in mail processing facilities
as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(5) Underutilized mail processing facilities.--In
developing a plan under this subsection, the Postal Service
may include the estimated total cost savings that would
result from moving mail processing operations to any mail
processing facility that, as of the date of introduction of
this Act--
(A) is not currently used by the Postal Service; and
(B) is capable of processing mail to the Postal Service's
standards.
(c) Plan for the Closure or Consolidation of Area and
District Offices.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 300 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Postal Service, in
consultation with the Inspector General of the United States
Postal Service, shall develop and submit to the Commission on
Postal Reorganization a plan for the closure or consolidation
of such area and district offices as the Postal Service
considers necessary and appropriate so that the combined
total number of area and district offices will be, for each
fiscal year beginning at least 2 years after the date on
which the Commission transmits to Congress its final report
under subsection (d)(3)(A) relating to this subsection, at
least 30 percent less than the corresponding combined total
for the baseline year.
(2) Contents.--The plan shall include--
(A) a list of the area and district offices proposed for
closure or consolidation under this title;
(B) a proposed schedule under which--
(i) closures and consolidations of area and district
offices would be carried out under this title; and

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(ii) all closures and consolidations of area and district
offices under this title would be completed by not later than
2 years after the date on which the Commission transmits to
Congress its final report under subsection (d)(3)(A) relating
to such plan;
(C) the estimated total annual cost savings attributable to
the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan;
(D) the criteria and process used to develop the
information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(E) the methodology and assumptions used to derive the
estimates described in subparagraph (C); and
(F) any changes to the processing, transportation,
delivery, or other postal operations anticipated as a result
of the proposed closures and consolidations described in the
plan.
(3) Consistency.--The methodology and assumptions used to
derive the cost estimates described in paragraph (2)(C) shall
be consistent with the methodology and assumptions which
would have been used by the Postal Service if those closures
and consolidations had instead taken effect in the baseline
year.
(d) Review and Recommendations of the Commission.--
(1) Initial reports.--
(A) In general.--After receiving the plan of the Postal
Service under subsection (a), (b), or (c), the Commission on
Postal Reorganization shall transmit to Congress and publish
in the Federal Register a report under this paragraph, which
shall contain the Commission's findings based on a review and
analysis of such plan, together with the Commission's initial
recommendations for closures and consolidations of postal
facilities, mail processing facilities, or area and district
offices (as the case may be).
(B) Explanation of changes.--The Commission shall explain
and justify in its report any recommendations made by the
Commission that are different from those contained in the
Postal Service plan to which such report pertains.
(C) Deadlines.--A report of the Commission under this
paragraph shall be transmitted and published, in accordance
with subparagraph (A), within--
(i) if the report pertains to the plan under subsection
(a), 60 days after the date on which the Commission receives
such plan; or
(ii) if the report pertains to the plan under subsection
(b) or (c), 90 days after the date on which the Commission
receives such plan.
(2) Public hearings.--
(A) In general.--After receiving the plan of the Postal
Service under subsection (a), (b), or (c), the Commission on
Postal Reorganization shall conduct at least 5 public
hearings on such plan. The hearings shall be conducted in
geographic areas chosen so as to reflect a broadly
representative range of needs and interests.
(B) Testimony.--All testimony before the Commission at a
public hearing conducted under this paragraph shall be given
under oath.
(C) Deadlines.--All hearings under this paragraph shall be
completed within 60 days after the date as of which the
Commission satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1) with
respect to such plan.
(3) Final reports.--
(A) In general.--After satisfying the requirements of
paragraph (2) with respect to the plan of the Postal Service
under subsection (a), (b), or (c) (as the case may be), the
Commission shall transmit to Congress and publish in the
Federal Register a report under this paragraph containing a
summary of the hearings conducted with respect to such plan,
together with the Commission's final recommendations for
closures and consolidations of postal facilities, mail
processing facilities, or area and district offices (as the
case may be).
(B) Approval.--Recommendations under subparagraph (A) shall
not be considered to be final recommendations unless they are
made with--
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the concurrence of
at least 4 members of the Commission; or
(ii) to the extent that the requirements of subsection
(b)(1)(A) or (c)(1) are not met, the concurrence of all
sitting members, but only if the shortfall (relative to the
requirements of subsection (b)(1)(A) or (c)(1), as the case
may be) does not exceed 25 percent.
(C) Contents.--A report under this paragraph shall
include--
(i) the information required by paragraph (2) of subsection
(a), (b), or (c) (as the case may be); and
(ii) a description of the operations that will be affected
by the closure or consolidation and the facilities or offices
which will be performing or ceasing to perform such
operations as a result of such closure or consolidation.
(D) Deadlines.--A report of the Commission under this
paragraph shall be transmitted and published, in accordance
with subparagraph (A), within 60 days after the date as of
which the Commission satisfies the requirements of paragraph
(2) with respect to the plan involved.
(e) Limitation Relating to Postal Retail Facilities
Identified for Closure or Consolidation.--
(1) Applicability.--This subsection applies to any plan of
the Postal Service under subsection (a) and any report of the
Commission under subsection (d) (whether initial or final)
pertaining to such plan.
(2) Limitation.--Of the total number of postal retail
facilities recommended for closure or consolidation
(combined) under any plan or report to which this subsection
applies, the number of such facilities that are within the K
or L cost ascertainment grouping (combined) shall account for
not more than 10 percent of such total number.
(3) References.--For purposes of this subsection--
(A) any reference to a ``cost ascertainment grouping''
shall be considered to refer to a cost ascertainment grouping
as described in section 123.11 of the Postal Operations
Manual (as in effect on June 23, 2011); and
(B) any reference to a particular category (designated by a
letter) of a cost ascertainment grouping shall be considered
to refer to such category, as described in such section
123.11 (as in effect on the date specified in subparagraph
(A)).
(f) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--There shall be included in the next 5
annual reports submitted under section 2402 of title 39,
United States Code, beginning with the report covering any
period of time occurring after the date of enactment of this
Act, the following (shown on a State-by-State basis):
(A) In connection with closures and consolidations taking
effect in the year covered by the report, the total number of
individuals separated from employment with the Postal
Service, including, if separation occurs in a year other than
the year in which the closing or consolidation occurs, the
year in which separation occurs.
(B) Of the total numbers under subparagraph (A)--
(i) the number and percentage comprising preference
eligibles or veterans; and
(ii) the number and percentage comprising individuals other
than preference eligibles or veterans.
(C) Of the total numbers under subparagraph (A), the number
and percentage reemployed in a position within the general
commuting area of the facility or office involved (including,
if reemployment occurs in a year other than the year in which
the closing or consolidation occurs, the year in which
reemployment occurs)--
(i) with the Postal Service; or
(ii) with an employer other than the Postal Service.
(D) The methodology and assumptions used to derive the
estimates described in subparagraph (B).
(E) The criteria and process used to develop the
information described in subparagraph (C).
(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
(A) the term ``preference eligible'' has the meaning given
such term in section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code;
and
(B) the term ``veteran'' has the meaning given such term in
section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 505. IMPLEMENTATION OF CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATIONS.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Postal
Service shall--
(1) close or consolidate (as the case may be) the
facilities and offices recommended by the Commission in each
of its final reports under section 504(d)(3); and
(2) carry out those closures and consolidations in
accordance with the timetable recommended by the Commission
in such report, except that in no event shall any such
closure or consolidation be completed later than 2 years
after the date on which such report is submitted to Congress.
(b) Congressional Disapproval.--
(1) In general.--The Postal Service may not carry out any
closure or consolidation recommended by the Commission in a
final report if a joint resolution disapproving the
recommendations of the Commission is enacted, in accordance
with section 506, before the earlier of--
(A) the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on
which the Commission transmits those recommendations to
Congress under section 504(d)(3); or
(B) the adjournment of the Congress sine die for the
session during which such report is transmitted.
(2) Days of session.--For purposes of paragraph (1) and
subsections (a) and (c) of section 506, the days on which
either House of Congress is not in session because of an
adjournment of more than 7 days to a day certain shall be
excluded in the computation of a period.

SEC. 506. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF FINAL CPR REPORTS.

(a) Terms of the Resolution.--For purposes of this title,
the term ``joint resolution'', as used with respect to a
report under section 504(d)(3), means only a joint
resolution--
(1) which is introduced within the 10-day period beginning
on the date on which such report is received by Congress;
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: ``That Congress disapproves the recommendations of
the Commission on Postal Reorganization, submitted by such
Commission on __, and pertaining to the closure or
consolidation of __.'', the first blank space being filled in
with the appropriate date and the second blank space being
filled in with ``postal retail facilities'', ``mail
processing facilities'', or ``area and district offices'' (as
the case may be);
(3) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution
disapproving the recommendations of the Commission on Postal
Reorganization.''; and
(4) which does not have a preamble.
(b) Referral.--A resolution described in subsection (a)
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House of Representatives or the Senate shall be referred to
the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives or
the Senate, respectively.
(c) Discharge.--If the committee to which a resolution
described in subsection (a) is referred has not reported such
resolution (or an identical resolution) by the end of the 20-
day period beginning on the date on which the Commission
transmits the report (to which such resolution pertains) to
Congress under section 504(d)(3), such committee shall, at
the end of such period, be discharged from further
consideration of such resolution, and such resolution shall
be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
(d) Consideration.--
(1) In general.--On or after the third day after the date
on which the committee to which such a resolution is referred
has reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (c))
from further consideration of, such a resolution, it is in
order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has
been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to
move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. A
Member may make the motion only on the day after the calendar
day on which the Member announces to the House concerned the
Member's intention to make the motion, except that, in the
case of the House of Representatives, the motion may be made
without such prior announcement if the motion is made by
direction of the committee to which the resolution was
referred. All points of order against the resolution (and
against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of
other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution is
agreed to, the respective House shall immediately proceed to
consideration of the joint resolution without intervening
motion, order, or other business, and the resolution shall
remain the unfinished business of the respective House until
disposed of.
(2) Debate.--Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited
to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An
amendment to the resolution is not in order. A motion further
to limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of
other business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not
in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.
(3) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a resolution described in
subsection (a) and a single quorum call at the conclusion of
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the
appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the
resolution shall occur.
(4) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the
House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the
procedure relating to a resolution described in subsection
(a) shall be decided without debate.
(e) Consideration by Other House.--
(1) In general.--If, before the passage by one House of a
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that
House receives from the other House a resolution (described
in subsection (a)) relating to the same report, then the
following procedures shall apply:
(A) The resolution of the other House shall not be referred
to a committee and may not be considered in the House
receiving it except in the case of final passage as provided
in subparagraph (B)(ii).
(B) With respect to the resolution described in subsection
(a) (relating to the report in question) of the House
receiving the resolution--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no
resolution (relating to the same report) had been received
from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution
of the other House.
(2) Disposition of a resolution.--Upon disposition of the
resolution received from the other House, it shall no longer
be in order to consider the resolution that originated in the
receiving House.
(f) Rules of the Senate and House.--This section is enacted
by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed
in that House in the case of a resolution described in
subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.

SEC. 507. NONAPPEALABILITY OF DECISIONS.

(a) To PRC.--The closing or consolidation of any facility
or office under this title may not be appealed to the Postal
Regulatory Commission under section 404(d) or any other
provision of title 39, United States Code, or be the subject
of an advisory opinion issued by the Postal Regulatory
Commission under section 3661 of such title.
(b) Judicial Review.--No process, report, recommendation,
or other action of the Commission on Postal Reorganization
shall be subject to judicial review.

SEC. 508. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

(a) Continued Availability of Authority To Close or
Consolidate Postal Facilities.--
(1) In general.--Nothing in this title shall be considered
to prevent the Postal Service from closing or consolidating
any postal facilities, in accordance with otherwise
applicable provisions of law, either before or after the
implementation of any closures or consolidations under this
title.
(2) Coordination rule.--No appeal or determination under
section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, or any other
provision of law shall delay, prevent, or otherwise affect
any closure or consolidation under this title.
(b) Inapplicability of Certain Provisions.--
(1) In general.--The provisions of law identified in
paragraph (2)--
(A) shall not apply to any closure or consolidation carried
out under this title; and
(B) shall not be taken into account for purposes of
carrying out section 503 or 504.
(2) Provisions identified.--The provisions of law under
this paragraph are--
(A) section 101(b) of title 39, United States Code; and
(B) section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code.

SEC. 509. REPEALS.

Sections 202, 203, 204, and 205 of this Act, and the
amendments made by those sections, shall have no force or
effect.
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