Representative Bergman voted in favor of H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act, which was approved in the House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation will help restore financial sustainability to the USPS while implementing administrative reform to improve transparency, promote competitiveness, and prevent service disruptions.
Rep. Bergman stated, “From small business shipments and personal mail, to prescription deliveries and absentee ballots, the USPS provides invaluable services for millions of Americans – especially in rural and remote areas like Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. H.R. 3076 will give the Postal Service much-needed flexibility to improve its financial standing while avoiding a costly bailout from the taxpayers. I was proud to support this bipartisan legislation to protect the health of USPS.”
Specifically, the Postal Service Reform Act will do the following for the USPS:
- Eliminate the requirement to prefund retiree health benefits – removing the burdensome and unpopular mandate and freeing up billions of dollars of USPS operational funds;
- Improve transparency by creating a public, online dashboard to view up-to-date local and national USPS performance data;
- Protect six-day delivery for both mail and packages;
- Help implement Postmaster General DeJoy’s 10-year Reform Plan by improving the efficiency of the Postal Service by streamlining the transportation network, investing in package infrastructure to make competitive products profitable, and optimizing the workforce to avoid costly overtime pay;
- Support local community newspapers by expanding special rates for local newspapers delivering papers in their home counties; and
- Strengthen oversight and accountability by requiring USPS to regularly report to Congress on the status of its reforms, revenue projections, and hurdles it has faced in meeting goals.
This legislation is supported by a wide range of organizations, including Citizens Against Government Waste, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA), United Postmasters and Managers of America (UPMA), and the American Forest & Paper Association.
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