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 PUBLIC LAW 109–435—DEC. 20, 2006

120 STAT. 3221

(5) EXISTING EFFORTS.—Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal Service may not close or consolidate any processing or logistics facilities without using procedures for public notice and input consistent with those described under paragraph (3)(D). (d) ALTERNATE RETAIL OPTIONS.—The Postal Service plan shall include plans to expand and market retail access to postal services, in addition to post offices, including— (1) vending machines; (2) the Internet; (3) postage meters; (4) Stamps by Mail; (5) Postal Service employees on delivery routes; (6) retail facilities in which overhead costs are shared with private businesses and other government agencies; (7) postal kiosks; or (8) any other nonpost office access channel providing market retail access to postal services. (e) REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS.— The Postal Service plan shall include— (1) a comprehensive plan under which reemployment assistance shall be afforded to employees displaced as a result of automation of any of its functions, the closing and consolidation of any of its facilities, or such other reasons as the Postal Service may determine; and (2) a plan, developed in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, to offer early retirement benefits. (f) CONTINUED AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Postal Service from implementing any change to its processing, transportation, delivery, and retail networks under any authority granted to the Postal Service for those purposes.

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TITLE IV—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FAIR COMPETITION SEC. 401. POSTAL SERVICE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS FUND.

(a) PROVISIONS RELATING TO POSTAL SERVICE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS FUND AND RELATED MATTERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 20 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘§ 2011. Provisions relating to competitive products ‘‘(a)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘costs attributable’ has the meaning given such term by section 3631. ‘‘(2) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be called the Postal Service Competitive Products Fund, which shall be available to the Postal Service without fiscal year limitation for the payment of— ‘‘(A) costs attributable to competitive products; and ‘‘(B) all other costs incurred by the Postal Service, to the extent allocable to competitive products. ‘‘(b) There shall be deposited in the Competitive Products Fund, subject to withdrawal by the Postal Service— ‘‘(1) revenues from competitive products;

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