1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Funding of Postal Retiree Health Benefits in the USPS Fairness Act (Section 102 of Postal Service Reform Act of 2022) February 11, 2022 The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA; P.L. 109-435) required US
2、PS to make annual payments into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund (RHBF) for 10 years (from FY2007 to FY2016). The PAEA also established a series of payments, starting in FY2017, to cover USPSs unfunded liability for retiree health costs through 2056. The intent of the prefunding requir
3、ement was to protect future retiree benefits, recognizing that future postal revenues might be insufficient to cover them. This Insight provides information on the status of these payments and describes changes to the RHBF that the USPS Fairness Act (Section 102 of Postal Service Reform Act of 2022,
4、 H.R. 3076) would make. H.R. 3076 was reported out by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in July 2021, and passed by the House on February 8, 2022. USPS Prefunding Payments In FY2007, two deposits were made into the fund per the PAEA and the Postal Civil Service Retirement System
