PUBLIC LAW 109–435—DEC. 20, 2006
120 STAT. 3241
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph (3) (relating to employees and labor organizations) as paragraph (4); and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) There are authorized to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, such sums as may be necessary for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service.’’. (c) BUDGET PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The next to last sentence of section 2009 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The budget program shall also include separate statements of the amounts which (1) the Postal Service requests to be appropriated under subsections (b) and (c) of section 2401, (2) the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 8G(f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and (3) the Postal Regulatory Commission requests to be appropriated, out of the Postal Service Fund, under section 504(d) of this title.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2003(e)(1) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Fund shall be available for the payment of (A) all expenses incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out its functions as provided by law, subject to the same limitation as set forth in the parenthetical matter under subsection (a); (B) all expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated under section 504(d); and (C) all expenses of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated under section 8G(f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2008. (2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The provisions of title 39, United States Code, and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) that are amended by this section shall, for purposes of any fiscal year before the first fiscal year to which the amendments made by this section apply, continue to apply in the same way as if this section had never been enacted.
5 USC app. 8G note.
Applicability.
SEC. 604. REDESIGNATION OF THE POSTAL RATE COMMISSION.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 39, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 39, United States Code, is amended in sections 404, 503 and 504 (as so redesignated by section 601), 1001 and 1002, by striking ‘‘Postal Rate Commission’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Postal Regulatory Commission’’; (b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5, United States Code, is amended in sections 104(1), 306(f), 2104(b), 3371(3), 5314 (in the item relating to Chairman, Postal Rate Commission), 5315 (in the item relating to Members, Postal Rate Commission), 5514(a)(5)(B), 7342(a)(1)(A), 7511(a)(1)(B)(ii), 8402(c)(1), 8423(b)(1)(B), and 8474(c)(4) by striking ‘‘Postal Rate Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Postal Regulatory Commission’’. (c) AMENDMENT TO THE ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.— Section 101(f)(6) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
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