,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,clyde 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carter of   
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 ,mr4 ,austin
 ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4  
,loudermilk1 and ,mr4 ,jack7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,rules1 for a period  
to be subsequently determined by the    
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ci1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for increased 
oversight over significant proposed     
changes to postal services1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,postal        
,service ,transparency and ,review ,act4
  #b4 ,oversight of proposed significant
 changes to postal services ,section    
#cffa of title #ci1 ,united ,states     

,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
subsection 7b7 and inserting the        
following3  7b7 7#a7 ,prior to          
implementing any change in the nature of
 postal services which will generally   
affect service on a nationwide or       
substantially nationwide basis1 or which
 will significantly affect service      
within a postal district1 not later than
 the date that is #ahj days before the  
proposed effective date of such change  
the ,postal ,service shall submit a     
proposal for such change to the ,postal 
,regulatory ,commission requesting an   
advisory opinion on the change4  7#b7   
7,a7 ,not later than #ahj days after the
 date the ,commission receives such a   
proposal from the ,postal ,service under
 paragraph 7#a71 the ,commission shall  
issue an advisory opinion on the        
proposal4  7,b7 ,the ,postal ,service   
may not take any action1 or obligate or 
expend any funds1 to implement1         
administer1 or otherwise carry out the  
applicable proposed change at anytime   

before the date the ,commission issues  
an advisory opinion under this          
paragraph1 consistent with paragraph    
7#c74  7#c7  7,a7 ,the ,commission may  
issue a ruling to suspend implementation
 of any such change if the ,commission  
determines that the ,postal ,service    
failed to seek an advisory opinion      
required under paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,on
 and after the date of such ruling1 no  
funds may be obligated or expended by   
the ,postal ,service to implement1      
administer1 or otherwise carry out such 
change until the ,postal ,service seeks 
an advisory opinion under such          
paragraph1 and mail service levels shall
 be returned to and maintained at the   
service level in effect prior to the    
applicable change in the nature of      
postal service that occurred4  2 and    
7#b7 by adding after subsection 7c7 the 
following3  7d7 ,chapter #h of title #e 
shall apply to proposals submitted by   
the ,postal ,service under subsection   
7b77#a7 to the ,postal ,regulatory      

,commission1 except that in applying    
such chapter to such a proposal--  7#a7 
the term joint resolution means only a  
joint resolution introduced in the      
period beginning on the date the        
,commission issued an advisory opinion  
under subsection 7b77#a7 with respect to
 such proposal was so submitted and     
ending #fj legislative days thereafter1 
the matter after the resolving clause of
 which is as follows3 ,that ,congress   
disapproves the proposal submitted by   
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service    
relating to 1 and such change shall have
 no force or effect4 7,the blank space  
being appropriately filled in72 and     
7#b7 the term submission or publication 
date means the date such opinion was so 
issued4  4