As a result, and because public and customer reaction to the Postal Service‘s five-day delivery proposal has been mixed, S. 1789 prohibits the elimination of Saturday delivery for two full years while other savings initiatives are implemented. After that period, five-day delivery could only be adopted if it is truly the last, but still necessary resort. Specifically, the bill requires that the Postal Service first implement alternative measures (authorized elsewhere in the bill) to increase revenue and reduce costs; that it identify, and develop measures to ameliorate any disproportionate negative impact that the change to five-day delivery may have on particular categories of customers and communities; and that it submit a report describing the actions it has taken to Congress, GAO, and the PRC. GAO is then directed to submit an independent report evaluating the measures the Postal Service has undertaken and assessing whether a change in delivery service is necessary for the Postal Service to become profitable by 2015 and achieve long-term financial solvency. Finally, the PRC is to issue, and submit to Congress, an advisory opinion determining 1) whether the measures developed by the Postal Service ameliorate any disproportionate, negative impact that a shift to five-day delivery may have on certain customers and communities; and 2) whether, based on the GAO‘s report, the change to five-day service is financially necessary. Only if the PRC determines that the Comptroller General has concluded that the change is necessary to allow the Postal Service to become profitable by fiscal year 2015 and to achieve long-term financial solvency, may the Postal Service implement a five-day delivery schedule.54
As a result, and because public and customer reaction to the Postal Service‘s five-day delivery proposal has been mixed, S. 1789 prohibits the elimination of Saturday delivery for two full years while other savings initiatives are implemented. After that period, five-day delivery could only be adopted if it is truly the last, but still necessary resort. Specifically, the bill requires that the Postal Service first implement alternative measures (authorized elsewhere in the bill) to increase revenue and reduce costs; that it identify, and develop measures to ameliorate any disproportionate negative impact that the change to five-day delivery may have on particular categories of customers and communities; and that it submit a report describing the actions it has taken to Congress, GAO, and the PRC. GAO is then directed to submit an independent report evaluating the measures the Postal Service has undertaken and assessing whether a change in delivery service is necessary for the Postal Service to become profitable by 2015 and achieve long-term financial solvency. Finally, the PRC is to issue, and submit to Congress, an advisory opinion determining 1) whether the measures developed by the Postal Service ameliorate any disproportionate, negative impact that a shift to five-day delivery may have on certain customers and communities; and 2) whether, based on the GAO‘s report, the change to five-day service is financially necessary. Only if the PRC determines that the Comptroller General has concluded that the change is necessary to allow the Postal Service to become profitable by fiscal year 2015 and to achieve long-term financial solvency, may the Postal Service implement a five-day delivery schedule.54
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