,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ag1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,walkinshaw 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,bost7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 to modify   
procedures for negotiating pay and      
benefits of supervisory and other       
managerial personnel of the ,united     
,states ,postal ,service1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,postal             
,supervisors1 ,managers1 and            
,postmasters ,fairness ,act of #bjbf4   
#b4 ,negotiation of pay and benefits    
programs for ,postal ,service           
supervisory and managerial personnel    
positions  7a7 ,in general ,subsection  
7e7 of section #ajjd of title #ci1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7e7  7#a7 ,not later  
than #fj days before the date on which a

 ,postal ,service pay decision under    
this section regarding pay policies and 
schedules and fringe benefit programs is
 scheduled to expire1 the ,postal       
,service shall provide a written        
proposal to the supervisors'            
organization and the postmasters'       
organization for any changes in pay     
policies and schedules and fringe       
benefit programs for members represented
 by the supervisors' organization and   
the postmasters' organization for a     
covered period4  7#b7 ,not later than   
#fj days after the date an agreement is 
reached on a collective bargaining      
agreement between the ,postal ,service  
and a bargaining representative         
recognized under section #abjc of this  
title that affects any matter 7including
 the supervisory differential7          
concerning supervisor1 manager1 and     
postmaster pay policies and schedules   
and fringe benefit programs1 the ,postal
 ,service shall provide a written       
proposal regarding the matters so       

affected to the supervisors'            
organization and the postmasters'       
organization for any changes in pay     
policies and schedules and fringe       
benefit programs covering members       
represented by the supervisors'         
organization and the postmasters'       
organization4  7#c7 ,the ,postal        
,service1 the supervisors' organization1
 and the postmasters' organization shall
 strive to resolve any differences      
concerning the proposal described in    
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 under the        
procedures provided for1 or adopted     
under1 subsection 7d74  4  7b7          
,modification of dispute resolution     
,paragraph 7#e7 of section #ajjd7;f7 of 
title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended to read as follows3  7#e7 ,not  
more than #ae days after the panel has  
made its recommendation and considered  
input from the ,postal ,service1 the    
supervisors' organization1 and the      
postmasters' organization pursuant to   
paragraph 7#d71 the panel shall issue   

its final determination for pay policies
 and schedules and fringe benefit       
programs4 ,such final determination     
shall be binding upon the ,postal       
,service1 the supervisors' organization1
 and the postmasters' organization4  4