,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cage  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,lankford introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a pilot program
 for ,,zip ,code boundary changes1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,community ,involvement in ,zone        
,improvement ,plans ,act of #bjbe or the
 ,,cipzip ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,pilot    
postal service program for ,,zip ,code  
boundary changes  7a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 the   
,united ,states ,postal ,service        
7referred to in this section as the     
,postal ,service7 shall establish a     
pilot program through which the ,postal 
,service may consider entering into an  
agreement with an agency of a ,state    
government1 local government1 or ,tribal

 government to receive money1 property1 
or services to defray part or all of the
 net costs1 if any1 in conjunction with 
a request for a ,,zip ,code boundary    
change or realignment4  7b7 ,denial of  
,,zip ,code boundary change or          
realignment requests  7#a7 ,in general  
,if the ,postal ,service denies a       
request from a ,state government1 local 
government1 or ,tribal government for a 
,,zip ,code boundary change or          
realignment on the basis of a net cost  
to the ,postal ,service1 the ,postal    
,service shall-- 7,a7 notify the        
requestor in writing of the existence of
 the program established under          
subsection 7a72  7,b7 provide the       
requestor with an estimate of the net   
cost to the ,postal ,service of the     
implementation of the request2  7,c7    
allow not less than #cj days for the    
requestor to propose an agreement       
meeting the requirements of the pilot   
program established under subsection    
7a72 and  7,d7 give due consideration to

 a proposed agreement under subparagraph
 7,c74  7#b7 ,cost as only dispositive  
factor for a denial ,if a net cost to   
the ,postal ,service is the only        
dispositive factor in a denial of a     
request under paragraph 7#a71 and the   
requestor is able to defray that cost   
under an agreement described in         
subsection 7a71 the ,postal ,service    
shall accept the agreement and grant the
 request4  7c7 ,reports  7#a7 ,annual   
reports ,not later than #cfj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
annually thereafter1 the ,postal        
,regulatory ,commission shall submit to 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate and the ,committee on ,oversight
 and ,government ,reform of the ,house  
of ,representatives a report on the     
pilot program under subsection 7a71     
including-- 7,a7 the number of requests 
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service has
 received for a ,,zip ,code boundary    
change or realignment1 including the    

number of requests granted and denied2  
7,b7 the number of agreements entered   
into under the pilot program established
 under subsection 7a71 and with respect 
to each such agreement1 the total value 
of the costs defrayed2 and  7,c7 with   
respect to each denial of a request for 
a ,,zip ,code boundary change or        
realignment-- 7i7 whether a notification
 was provided pursuant to subsection    
7b77#a77;,a72 and  7ii7 the estimated   
net cost provided pursuant to subsection
 7b77#a77;,b74  7#b7 ,by member request 
,the ,postal ,service shall submit to   
any ,member of ,congress1 upon request1 
a report of the factors contributing to 
the denial of a request from a ,state   
government1 local government1 or ,tribal
 government for a ,,zip ,code boundary  
change or realignment4  7d7 ,sunset ,the
 pilot program established under this   
section shall terminate on the date that
 is #g years after the date of enactment
 of this ,act4