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HR 7313 110th Congress House

To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree…

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Official title: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

Introduced: December 9, 2008 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Economics and Public FinanceFederal employeesGovernment employees' health insuranceGovernment trust funds
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 Latest action December 9, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires government contributions for health benefits for an individual who first becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from employment with the United States Postal Service on or after July 1, 1971, or for a survivor of such an individual or of an individual who died on or after that date while employed by the Postal Service, to be paid first from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund up to the amount contained in the Fund, with any remaining amount paid by the Postal Service (current law requires such contributions to be paid by the Postal Service through September 30, 2016).

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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 9, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7313: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7313/
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"H.R. 7313: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7313/.
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H.R. 7313, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7313/.
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[H.R. 7313: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7313/)
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