President's Commission on the United States Postal Service
Signed December 11, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 76671
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Establishes the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service, made up of nine presidentially appointed members with two designated as Co-Chairs. The commission is tasked with studying the state of the Postal Service and recommending legislative and administrative reforms, covering issues such as the Postal Service's future role, pricing and cost flexibility, universal delivery obligations, unfunded liabilities, postal monopoly restrictions, and governance structure. The Department of the Treasury will provide administrative support and funding, and the commission will operate within Treasury for administrative purposes. Members serve without pay, though private citizens may receive travel expenses. The commission may consult Congress, government officials, and postal service users, including through public hearings. It must submit its report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury by July 31, 2003, and will terminate 30 days after submitting the report, or no later than August 30, 2003.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to ensure the efficient operation of the United States Postal Service while minimizing the financial exposure of the American taxpayers, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Revoked by: EO 13316, September 17, 2003
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13278 of December 11, 2002
President's Commission on the United States
Postal Service
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to ensure the efficient operation of the
United States Postal Service while minimizing the
financial exposure of the American taxpayers, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
President's Commission on the United States Postal
Service (Commission).
Sec. 2. Membership. Commission shall be composed of
nine members appointed by the President. The President
shall designate two members of the Commission to serve
as Co-Chairs.
Sec. 3. Mission. (a) The mission of the Commission
shall be to examine the state of the United States
Postal Service, and to prepare and submit to the
President a report articulating a proposed vision for
the future of the United States Postal Service and
recommending the legislative and administrative reforms
needed to ensure the viability of postal services.
(b) In fulfilling its mission, the Commission shall
consider the following issues and such other issues
relating to the Postal Service as the Commission
determines appropriate:
(i) the role of the Postal Service in the 21st century and beyond;
(ii) the flexibility that the Postal Service should have to change
prices, control costs, and adjust service in response to financial,
competitive, or market pressures;
(iii) the rigidities in cost or service that limit the efficiency of the
postal system;
(iv) the ability of the Postal Service, over the long term, to maintain
universal mail delivery at affordable rates and cover its unfunded
liabilities with minimum exposure to the American taxpayers;
(v) the extent to which postal monopoly restrictions continue to advance
the public interest under evolving market conditions, and the extent to
which the Postal Service competes with private sector services; and
(vi) the most appropriate governance and oversight structure for the
Postal Service.
Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Department of the
Treasury or any organizational entity subject to the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury shall, to
the extent permitted by law, provide administrative
support and funding for the Commission. The Commission
is established within the Department of the Treasury
for administrative purposes only.
(b) Members of the Commission shall serve without
any compensation for their work on the Commission.
Members appointed from among private citizens of the
United States, however, while engaged in the work of
the Commission, may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), to the extent
funds are available.
(c) The Commission shall have a staff headed by an
Executive Director.
(d) The Commission, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of the Treasury, may establish subcommittees,
consisting of Commission members, as appropriate, to
aid in its work.
(e) Consistent with such guidance as the President
or, on the President's behalf, the Secretary of the
Treasury, may provide, the Commission shall exchange
information with and obtain advice from Members of
Congress; Federal, State, local, and tribal officials;
commercial, nonprofit, and residential users of the
United States Postal Service; and others, as
appropriate, including through public hearings.
(f) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, may apply to the Commission, any functions
of the President under that Act, except for those in
section 6 of that Act, shall be performed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in accordance with the
guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator
of General Services.
(g) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect the functions of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budget, administrative, or legislative
proposals.
Sec. 5. Report. The Commission shall submit its report,
consistent with its mission set forth in section 3 of
this order, to the President, through the Secretary of
the Treasury, not later than July 31, 2003.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order is intended
only to improve the internal management of the Federal
Government and it is not intended to, and does not
create, any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party
against the United States, its departments, agencies,
instrumentalities or entities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
(b) The Commission shall terminate 30 days after
submitting its report and in no event later than August
30, 2003.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 11, 2002.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 11, 2002. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.