To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to the budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund.

Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit.

 
HR 1082 IH
101st Congress
1st Session
H. R. 1082
To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to the budgetary treatment
of the Postal Service Fund.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 22, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to
the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and Government Operations
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to the budgetary treatment
of the Postal Service Fund.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND.
  (a) TREATMENT OF THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND-
  (1) IN GENERAL- Chapter 20 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by
  inserting after section 2009 the following:
`Sec. 2009a. Budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund
  `Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and disbursements
  of the Postal Service Fund, including disbursements for administrative
  expenses incurred in connection with the Fund--
  `(1) shall not be included in the totals of--
  `(A) the budget of the United States Government as submitted by the
  President, or
  `(B) the congressional budget (including allocations of budget authority
  and outlays provided therein);
  `(2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitation imposed by statute
  on expenditures and net lending (budget outlays) of the United States
  Government; and
  `(3) shall be exempt from any order issued under part C of the Balanced
  Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and shall not be
  counted for purposes of calculating the deficit under section 3(6) of
  the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for purposes
  of comparison with the maximum deficit amount under the Balanced Budget
  and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 nor counted in calculating the
  excess deficit for purposes of sections 251 and 252 of the Balanced Budget
  and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for any fiscal year.'.
  (2) CHAPTER ANALYSIS- The analysis for chapter 20 of title 39, United
  States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
  2009 the following:
`2009a. Budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund.'.
  (b) CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in any amendment made by subsection (a) shall
  be considered to diminish the oversight responsibilities of the Congress
  under law, rule, or regulation with respect to the budget of the United
  States Postal Service.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
  The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to budgets for
  fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1989.