I will keep working to repeal the Postal Service prefunding requirement to stabilize the Postal Service.

Congressman Lynch strongly supports the repeal of the prefunding requirement as an immediate and practical solution towards financially stabilizing the Postal Service.

Commits to support repealing postal retiree health benefits prefunding as a stabilization measure.

Local Issues | Congressman Stephen Lynch
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3076 as Public Law No. 117-108 on 04/06/2022. The CRS summary states: “The bill repeals the requirement that the USPS annually prepay future retirement health benefits.”

The Postal Service Reform Act became law and repealed the USPS retiree-health-benefit prefunding/prepayment requirement, satisfying the core policy promise. The payload does not provide the campaign year, so timing relative to the promised term is unknown.

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H.R.3076 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, Congress.gov
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The enacted statute includes SEC. 102, “USPS Fairness Act,” amending 5 U.S.C. 8909a by striking subsection (d) and inserting a new funding/accounting rule; it also states that unpaid payments required under prior law are canceled.

The enacted bill text directly implements the repeal/replacement of the prefunding framework and cancels outstanding prefunding payments, confirming substantive delivery of the promised repeal.

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Text - H.R.3076 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] as a cosponsor of H.R.3076 on 05/18/2021.

Lynch took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring the bill that ultimately repealed the USPS prefunding/prepayment requirement.

delivered unknown A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.3076 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, Congress.gov
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Roll Call 38 was on passage of H.R.3076, Postal Service Reform Act. The Clerk records Status: Passed, yea 342, nay 92, and lists Lynch, Democratic, Massachusetts, as voting Yea.

Lynch voted for final House passage of the Postal Service Reform Act, the enacted vehicle that repealed the prefunding/prepayment requirement.

delivered unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 38, H.R.3076
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Congress.gov lists H.R.2382, USPS Fairness Act, as Passed House on 02/05/2020 and later received in the Senate on 02/10/2020. The CRS summary states that the bill repeals the requirement that USPS annually prepay future retirement health benefits.

Before enactment of the 2022 reform law, the House passed a narrower repeal bill that did not become law in that Congress. This shows an earlier concrete attempt toward the promise but not final delivery at that time.

partial unknown A for effort

H.R.2382 - USPS Fairness Act, Congress.gov
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Roll Call 37 was on H.R.2382, USPS Fairness Act. The Clerk records Status: Passed, yea 309, nay 106, and lists Lynch, Democratic, Massachusetts, as voting Yea.

Lynch voted for the earlier USPS Fairness Act repeal bill, demonstrating concrete effort even though that bill stopped after House passage.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 37, H.R.2382
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