Sec. 301. Rates

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The rates for market-dominant products in effect on September 30, 2015— shall be in effect on and after the date of enactment of this Act unless adjusted in accordance with section 3622 of title 39, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b)(2) of this section; and may not be adjusted before January 1, 2018. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Commission— shall by regulation establish a new system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products under section 3622 of title 39, United States Code, as amended by paragraph

(2)of this subsection; and in establishing the new system, may consider any rate increases that, but for the prohibition on adjustments to rates under subsection (a)(2) of this section, might have been applied during the period during which the prohibition was in effect. Section 3622(c) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (13), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph

(14)as paragraph (15); and by inserting after paragraph

(13)the following: the service standards established under section 3691 and the extent to which the Postal Service is meeting those standards in all communities, including urban, suburban, and rural communities; and .