Continuing Resolution Ensures 6-Day USPS Delivery

Today, with the passage of the FY2013 Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Resolution, the US Postal Service has been prohibited from ending Saturday delivery as they had previously announced.

Congressman José E. Serrano issued the following statement on the continuation provision:

"The Continuing Resolution is clear; there will be six day delivery for the rest of the fiscal year," said Congressman Serrano. "Earlier this year the Postal Service announced they thought they had legal authority to end Saturday delivery. That analysis was wrong, but now there is no room for misunderstanding. This bill included advance appropriations for the Postal Service which continued the provision requiring six day delivery. There is no longer any possibility of misinterpretation: according to their own legal analysis these steps require the Postal Service to maintain six day delivery."

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