S.Amdt. 2077

SA 2077. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2037 submitted by Mr. Durbin and intended to be proposed 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:

On page 1, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 2, line 8, and insert the following:

“(10) Prohibition on closing, consolidation, and reduction in workforce.--

“(A) In general.--During the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012, if the Postal Service conducted an area mail processing study after June 1, 2001 with respect to a postal facility which was terminated or concluded that no significant cost savings or efficiencies would result from closing, consolidating, or reducing the number of employees of the postal facility, the Postal Service may not--

“(i) close the postal facility;

“(ii) consolidate the postal facility; or

“(iii) involuntarily separate an employee of the postal facility from service, except for removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency.