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2013 Report on Form 10-K United States Postal Service 52
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Appropriations and Continuing Resolutions
On October 17, 2013, the President signed into law the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113-46). The law
provides funding for the Federal Government to continue operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in Fiscal
Year 2013 through January 15, 2014. The Postal Service’s appropriation for free mail for the blind and overseas voters
remains $78.2 million. The proposal contained no provisions related to the Revenue Forgone Reform Act of 1993, which
authorizes the Postal Service to receive $29 million annually through 2035 as reimbursement for services it provided from
FY 1991 through FY 1998. The provision requiring six-day delivery frequency remains in effect.
On July 25, 2013, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported S. 1371, (S. Rept. 113-80), the FY 2014 Financial
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014. On July 17, 2013, the House Appropriations Committee
reported H.R. 2786, (H. Rept. 113-172), the FY 2014 Financial Services Appropriations Act, 2014. Included in both bills is
a funding level of $70.8 million for free mail for the blind and overseas voters. Neither bill provided funding for the $29
million revenue forgone debt repayment owed to the Postal Service. The Postal Service requested $167.5 million, which
included past revenue forgone debt repayments that had not been funded in past appropriations bills. A provision
requiring six-day delivery of mail remains in the bills.
Report language accompanying the Senate bill calls for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on how
implementation of the Postal Service’s Network Optimization Plan has impacted service standards, particularly in the
Western states. Report language accompanying the House bill requests that the Postal Service refrain from selling any
historic Post Offices until the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General completes its study of how well the Postal
Service complies with the National Historic Preservation Act statute.
These bills have been reported out of Committee and await final passage by Congress.