About the bill
Only one federal agency is required to pre-fund their employees’ future retirement healthcare benefits, which costs taxpayers billions more upfront than at any other agency.
Context
At its current rate of financial loss, the U.S. Postal Service is slated to run out of money in 2024. The Trump Administration’s budget proposal warned that — absent any changes — the USPS might soon need a taxpayer funded bailout.
Why? There are several hundred federal agencies, but only one is mandated to pre-fund its employees future healthcare benefits: the Postal Service.
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Sponsor and status
Introduced on Apr 29, 2019
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on April 29, 2019. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Washington Watch - 11/4/19”
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Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA7]
on Nov 4, 2019
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H.R. 2382 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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