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          Date of Hearing:   April 12, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  AJR 28 (Cook) - As Introduced:  February 21, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   United States Postal Service.

           SUMMARY  :   Urges the United States Postal Service to end its 
          plan to reduce the frequency of mail delivery from six days to 
          five days a week, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure 
          the continuation of this six-day mail delivery service.  
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative 
          findings: 

          1)The United States Postal Service has proposed the reduction of 
            its mail delivery service from six days to five days a week; 
            and, six-day mail delivery is an essential service that the 
            American people have relied on since 1912, particularly those 
            families that live in rural communities and others that depend 
            on the timely delivery of essential items such as paychecks, 
            food and prescription drugs.  

          2)Reducing mail delivery service to five days a week would 
            inevitably cause delays in delivery of mail and higher postal 
            costs due to the additional overtime that would be required to 
            handle the resulting backlog of mail.

          3)Reducing the frequency of delivery service would seriously 
            reduce the ability of the United States Postal Service to 
            offer jobs and benefits to servicemen and women when they 
            return from their tour of duty.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.









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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800