HR 3801 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Inflation and prices Military personnel and dependents Postal service Veterans' pensions and compensation

To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule.

Introduced: December 19, 2013 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov

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Jan 24, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Dec 19, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Dec 19, 2013

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 which reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces who have not attained age 62.

Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to establish a general, nationwide mail delivery schedule of five days per week that does not result in nondelivery of mail for more than two consecutive days, including as a result of federal holidays. Requires USPS, if it establishes such a schedule, to allow publishers of newspapers regularly mailed as periodicals access to curbside mailboxes on any day on which it does not deliver mail.

Requires USPS to provide domestic competitive product service six days per week until January 1, 2019, to each street address that was scheduled to receive package service six days per week as of September 30, 2012.

What's happening now January 24, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Military Personnel Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Armed Services Committee
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3801: To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3801/

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"H.R. 3801: To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3801/.

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H.R. 3801, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3801/.

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[H.R. 3801: To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3801/)