S.Amdt. 2081

1. Rewrites page 39, line 20 through page 45, line 17

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   Removes page 39, line 20 through page 45, line 17 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: SEC. 205. OTHER PROVISIONS.

   Inserted: (a) Frequency of Mail Delivery.--Section 101 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(h) Subject to the requirements of section 3661, nothing in this title or any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent the Postal Service from taking any action necessary to provide for a 5-day-per-week delivery schedule for mail and a commensurate adjustment in the schedule for rural delivery of mail.".

   Inserted: (b) Overall Value of Fringe Benefits.--Section 1005(f) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence.

   Inserted: (c) Modern Rate Regulation.--Section 3622(d) of title 39, United States Code, is repealed.

   Inserted: (d) Delivery Service Standards, Mail Processing, and Community Post Offices.--Sections 201 and 202 of this Act, and the amendments made by those sections, shall have no force or effect.

   Inserted: (e) Applicability of Reduction-in-force Procedures.--Section 1206 of title 39, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(d) Collective-bargaining agreements between the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under section 1203, ratified after the date of enactment of this subsection, shall contain no provision restricting the applicability of reduction-in-force procedures under title 5 with respect to members of the applicable bargaining unit.

   Inserted: "(e)(1) If a collective-bargaining agreement between the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under section 1203, ratified after the date of enactment of this subsection, includes reduction-in-force procedures which can be applied in lieu of reduction-in-force procedures under title 5, the Postal Service may, in its discretion, apply with respect to members of the applicable bargaining unit--

   Inserted: "(A) the alternative procedures (or, if 2 or more are agreed to, 1 of the alternative procedures); or

   Inserted: "(B) the reduction-in-force procedures under title 5.

   Inserted: "(2) In no event may, if procedures for the resolution of a dispute or impasse arising in the negotiation of a collective-bargaining agreement (whether through binding arbitration or otherwise) are invoked under this chapter, the award or other resolution reached under such procedures provide for the elimination of, or the substitution of any alternative procedures in lieu of, reduction-in-force procedures under title 5.".

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   Inserted: (f) Historic Post Offices.--Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(7)(A) In this paragraph, the term 'historic post office building' means a post office building that is a certified historic structure, as that term is defined in section 47(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

   Original wording

   On page 39, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 45, line 17, and insert the following:

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