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handle is hein.crs/govccwx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 01;0i E~$~ & July 31, 2015 FY2015 U.S. Postal Service Appropriations and Budget Request o'wie The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its funding-about $68 billion annually according to the USPS's most recent financial report-by charging users of the mail for the costs of the services it provides. Congress, however, does provide an annual appropriation-about $70 million-to compensate the USPS for revenue it forgoes in providing free mailing privileges to the blind and overseas voters. In addition, the annual appropriation compensates the USPS for debt it accumulated in the 1990s while providing postal services at below-cost rates to nonprofit organizations. Congress authorized appropriations for revenue forgone in the Revenue Forgone Reform Act of 1993 (RFRA, P.L. 103-123, Title VII). Additionally, under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA, P.L. 109-43), funding for both the USPS Office of Inspector General (USPSOIG) and the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) must be provided out of the Postal Service Fund. The Postal Service Fund is a revolving fund that consists largely of revenues generated from the sale of postal products and services. (39 U.S.C. §2003) The PAEA also requires that the USPSOIG and PRC must submit their budget requests directly to Congress and to the Office of Management and Budget. The law further requires that the USPSOIG's budget be treated as a component of the USPS's budget, while the PRC's budget, like the budgets of other independent regulators, is treated separately. * For FY2015, the PRC and President requested $15.283 million be transferred from the Postal Service Fund for the PRC. This would have been an increase of about $1 million over the FY2014 enacted level of $14.152 million. * The FY2015 enacted appropriations provides $14.700 million (via transfer from the Postal Service Fund) for the PRC. This is a $548,000 increase from the enacted level of $14.152 million for FY2014. * For FY2015, the USPS and the President requested $70.371 million for the Postal Service Fund to compensate for revenue forgone in providing free and reduced mail. This would have been $380,000 below the FY2014 enacted level of $70.751 million. The FY2015 enacted level for the Postal Service Fund is $70.0 million. This is a decrease of $751,000 from the enacted level of $70.751 million for FY2014. * For FY2015, the USPSOIG and the President requested $243.883 million be transferred from the Postal Service Fund for the USPSOIG. This represented an increase of approximately $2.4 million over the FY2014 enacted level of $241.468 million. * The FY2015 enacted appropriations provides $243.883 million (via transfer from the Postal Service Fund) for the USPSOIG. This is the same amount as requested in the President's budget, and is approximately $2.4 million more than the FY2014 enacted level. Table 1 presents the FY2015 request and the FY2014 and FY2015 enacted appropriations for the USPS, PRC and USPSOIG. Table I. FY201 5 Budget Request and FY2014-FY201 5 Appropriations (millions of dollars) FY2014 FY2015 FY2015 Agency Enacted Request Enacted Payment to Postal Service Fund $70.751 $70.371 $70.000 (annual appropriations) PRC $14.152 $15.283 $14.700 (via transfer from Postal Service Fund) USPSOIG $241.468 $243.883 $243.883 (via transfer from Postal Service Fund) Sources: P.L. I 13-235, Title V; The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2015: Appendix, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget. .O 'T p\w gnom ggmm mppm qq\ a , q 'S I 11LULANJILiN,

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