On the recordApril 24, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the process for closing or consolidating post offices and postal facilities) On page 27, strike lines 24 and 25 and insert the following: (a) Closing or Consolidating Certain Postal Facilities.-- Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following: On page 35, between lines 16 and 17 insert the following: (b) Complaints Relating to Closing or Consolidation of Postal Facilities.--Section 3662 of title 39, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Suspension of effectiveness of determination to close or consolidate postal facilities.--The Postal Regulatory Commission shall suspend the effectiveness of a determination by the Postal Service to close or consolidate a postal facility until the disposition of any complaint challenging the closing or consolidation on the basis that the closing or consolidation is-- ``(A) not in conformance with service standards issued under section 3691, including the service standards required to be maintained under section 201 of the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012; or ``(B) unsupported by evidence on the record that substantial economic savings are likely to be achieved as a result of the closing or consolidation.''; and (2) in subsec…





