Postal Service Reform Act finally signed into law

This is a topic with big implications for rural America (as evidenced by dozens of past posts here on Legal Ruralism):  "USPS gets a financial overhaul: Here's what we know about the Postal Service Reform Act."  Ella Lee reported for USA today a few days ago.  Here's an excerpt:  

Under the law, the mandate that required the Postal Service to pay into future retiree health benefits will be dropped. Instead, retired postal employees will be required to enroll in Medicare.

In addition, the USPS must maintain a public dashboard tracking service performance and will report regularly on its "operations and financial condition," according to a summary of the bill. It will also be able to create "non-postal services" in partnership with state and local government, like fishing licenses and subway passes, said [Porter McConnell, chair of the Save Our Post Office coalition].

The bill will save the Postal Service almost $50 billion over the next decade, according to Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

"This bill, which has been 15 years in the making, will finally help the Postal Service overcome burdensome requirements that threaten their ability to provide reliable service to the American people,” Peters, a Democrat, said in a March 8 statement.

In surfing around the Internet for comments on the law in relation to rural America in particular, I found this on PBS:  

Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.

The USPS is a topic Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) often speaks of in relation to rural America, as in April 6 Tweet, where he notes that legislators have been working on this law for 15 years and that it ensures 6-day-a week delivery, which is especially important in places like Montana where so many rural folks rely on the U.S. mail for things like prescription drug delivery: