The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has unanimously passed a bill (S-2468) to reform many U.S. Postal Service business practices and which also would make some changes in personnel policies there. Sponsors hope to get the bill enacted this year after many years of stalled postal reform efforts, although one provision in the measure could constitute a major hang-up-shifting responsibility from USPS to the Treasury for paying the portion of annuities for postal retirees associated with their military service. USPS took on that burden under a postal funding law passed last year, but sponsors argue that no other agencies bear that cost. However, the White House opposes returning the responsibility to the Treasury. The bill also would make several changes in injury compensation policy at USPS, imposing a three-day waiting period before an employee is eligible to receive workers’ compensation pay, and reducing benefits of future beneficiaries when they hit age 65 in order to induce them to switch from workers’ compensation to disability retirement.