Mailers

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• Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
• MTAC
• August 2, 2006
• Legislative Update
• Thomas Day
• Sr. Vice President
• Government Relations

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONTopics for Discussion

• Projected schedule for Conference
• Issues to be resolved

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONSenate Conferees

• Sen. Collins (R-ME) Sen. Akaka (D-HI)
• Sen. Bennett (R-UT) Sen. Carper (D-DE)
• Sen. Coleman (R-MN) Sen. Lieberman (D-CT)
• Sen. Stevens (R-AK)
• Sen. Voinovich (R-OH)

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONProjected House Conferees

• Rep. T. Davis (R-VA)
• Rep. Waxman (D-CA)
• Rep. D. Davis (D-IL)
• Rep. McHugh (R-NY)

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POSTAL REFORMProjected Conference Schedule

• Senate has named Conferees House has not
• Sen. Collins will chair the Conference
• House and Senate will pre-conference most
  issues before House Conferees are named
• House / Senate Committee Leadership have called
  for the Conference in September

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POSTAL REFORMProjected Conference Schedule
(continued)

• Differences among House, Senate and White House
  must be resolved and approved by majority of both
  House and Senate conferees.
• Conference report must be approved by both the
  full House and Senate
• Final legislation must be signed into law by
  the President

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POSTAL LEGISLATION
The Calendar is the Challenge
September XX 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 18
19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 October 2
3 4 5 6 Lame Duck November 13 - ???

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONIssues for resolution in
Conference

• The major hurdle is the resolution of
  differences between Administration and HR 22 / S
  662 on financial relief, especially military
  service obligation
• If financial relief is agreed upon, anticipate
  issues of Postal Reform to be negotiated

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONIssues for resolution in
Conference

• The major hurdle is the resolution of
  differences between Administration and HR 22 / S
  662 on financial relief, especially military
  service obligation
• If financial relief is agreed upon, anticipate
  issues of Postal Reform to be negotiated

This may no longer be true
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POSTAL LEGISLATIONIssues for resolution in
Conference

• A hurdle to the resolution of differences
  between Administration and HR 22 / S 662 on
  financial relief, especially military service
  obligation
• The Administration views the Senate language as
  the base version of legislation
• CPI Rate Cap with strict exigency
• Direction to Arbitrator financial health of
  USPS
• Worksharing language
• Negotiated Service Agreements NSA
• Revised Workers Compensation rules

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POSTAL LEGISLATIONIssues for resolution in
Conference (continued)

• Unions/Management Associations strongly oppose
  Strict exigency
• Individual Mailers and Trade Associations
  strongly support Strict Exigency
• Unions/Management Associations are very
  critical of Direction to the Arbitrator and
  Workers Compensation
• UPS strongly supports legislation that moves
  Single Piece Parcels into the Competitive
  Products category
• A variety of mailers, trade associations and
  unions strongly held positions that Single Piece
  Parcels remain in the Market Dominant category

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POSTAL LEGISLATION
Summary

• The number of issues that require resolution
  has increased
• The difference of opinions appears to be more
  extreme
• The time remaining grows short

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POSTAL LEGISLATION
Questions And Answers