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S 302 101th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Congressional budget Federal budgets Government trust funds Off-budget expenditures Postal service

Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989

Introduced: January 31, 1989 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 31, 1989
Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Jan 31, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit.

Makes the U.S. Postal Service an off-budget Federal entity.

What's happening now January 31, 1989

Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 17, 1989
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 17, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 302: Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-302/
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"S. 302: Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-302/.
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