House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. John McHugh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionJul 10, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2009 · 388–32
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2009 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 22.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009” on July 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20940
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a62ca1101193149d71c082d692da4827c54e7337d2b2abedcc17e257f0b112
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009” on July 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20940
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a62ca1101193149d71c082d692da4827c54e7337d2b2abedcc17e257f0b112
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009” on September 22, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Hosue of Representatives on September 15, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41319
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a62ca1101193149d71c082d692da4827c54e7337d2b2abedcc17e257f0b112
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009” on September 22, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Hosue of Representatives on September 15, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41319
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a62ca1101193149d71c082d692da4827c54e7337d2b2abedcc17e257f0b112
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-216 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 21, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/216
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a62ca1101193149d71c082d692da4827c54e7337d2b2abedcc17e257f0b112
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
339 cosponsors — 102 Republicans, 237 Democrats
237 of 339 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), John Adler (D-NJ), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Steve Austria (R-OH), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boccieri (D-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK) and 309 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1509 (111th) Home Office Deduction Simplification Act
- H.R. 154 (111th) Workers Severance Tax Reduction Act of 2009
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.