Sec. 101. Annual Federal Employee Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System Assessments
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Section 8423(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by inserting or
(C)after subparagraph
(B); and in clause (ii), by striking and ; in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the product of— the normal-cost percentage, as determined for employees of the United States Postal Service under paragraph (5), multiplied by the aggregate amount of basic pay payable by the United States Postal Service, for the period involved, to employees of the United States Postal Service. ; and by adding at the end the following: In determining the normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service, the Office shall use— demographic factors specific to the employees; and economic assumptions regarding wage and salary growth that reflect the specific past, and likely future, pay for the employees. The United States Postal Service shall provide any data or projections the Office requires in order to determine the normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service consistent with subparagraph (A). The Office shall review the determination of the normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service and make such adjustments as are necessary— upon request of the United States Postal Service, but no more frequently than once each fiscal year; and at any additional times, as the Office considers appropriate. . Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Office shall determine the normal-cost percentage for employees of the United States Postal Service in accordance with the requirements under section 8423(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1). Section 8423(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (6); and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: In this paragraph, the term postal funding surplus means the amount by which the amount of supplemental liability computed under paragraph (1)(B) is less than zero. After the date on which the Office determines or redetermines under paragraph (7)(C) the amount of supplemental liability computed under paragraph (1)(B) as of the close of the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2013, and if such amount is less than zero, the Postmaster General may request that some or all of the amount of the postal funding surplus be returned to the Postal Service, and not later than 10 days after the request, the Director shall transfer to the United States Postal Service from the Fund an amount equal to the portion of the postal funding surplus requested for use in accordance with this subparagraph. Of the amount transferred under clause (i), not more than $6,000,000,000 may be used by the United States Postal Service for the purposes of repaying any obligation issued under section 2005(a) of title 39. If the amount of supplemental liability computed under paragraph (1)(B) as of the close of any fiscal year commencing after September 30, 2013, is less than zero, the Office shall establish an amortization schedule, including a series of annual installments, to be transferred to the United States Postal Service from the Fund, commencing on September 30 of the subsequent fiscal year, which provides for the liquidation of the postal funding surplus by September 30, 2054. . Section 8423(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, is amended— in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking For the purpose and inserting Subject to paragraph (7), for the purpose ; and by adding at the end the following: For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1)(B) with respect to the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Office shall, consistent with subsection (a)(5), use— demographic factors specific to current and former employees of the United States Postal Service; and economic assumptions regarding wage and salary growth that reflect the specific past and likely future pay for current employees of the United States Postal Service. The United States Postal Service shall provide any data or projections the Office requires in order to carry out paragraph (1)(B) consistent with subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph. Not later than June 14, 2014, the Office shall determine or redetermine whether there is a postal funding surplus (as defined in paragraph (5)) or a supplemental liability described in paragraph (1)(B) (and the amount thereof) as of the close of the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2013, in accordance with the requirements under subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph. . Section 8348(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: Not later than June 14, 2014, the Office shall redetermine the Postal surplus or supplemental liability as of the close of the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2013, in accordance with the requirements under paragraph (4). If the result of the redetermination under subclause
(I)is a surplus, that amount shall remain in the Fund until distribution is authorized under subparagraph (C). If the result of the redetermination under subclause
(I)is a supplemental liability, the Office shall establish an amortization schedule, including a series of annual installments commencing on September 30, 2015, which provides for the liquidation of such liability by September 30, 2054. The Office shall redetermine the Postal surplus or supplemental liability as of the close of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2013, in accordance with the requirements under paragraph (4). If the result of the redetermination under subclause
(I)is a surplus, that amount shall remain in the Fund until distribution is authorized under subparagraph (C). On and after June 15, 2015, if the result of the redetermination under subclause
(I)is a supplemental liability, the Office shall establish an amortization schedule, including a series of annual installments commencing on September 30 of the subsequent fiscal year, which provides for the liquidation of such liability by September 30, 2054. ; and by adding at the end the following: For the purpose of carrying out paragraphs
(1)and (2), the Office shall, consistent with section 8423(a)(5), use— demographic factors specific to current and former employees of the United States Postal Service; and economic assumptions regarding wage and salary growth that reflect the specific past and likely future pay for current employees of the United States Postal Service. The United States Postal Service shall provide any data or projections the Office requires in order to carry out paragraphs
(1)and
(2)consistent with subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph. .