House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques.

H.R. 3137Introduced Jul 9, 2009Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedJul 9, 2009
Committee actionJul 10, 2009
Passed HouseSep 15, 2009 · 414–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 19, 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. 3137.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3137, A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques” on July 24, 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 24, 2009 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20964
CBO publication date
July 24, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3137, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3137
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
190e463e0ee13bc49e9929415aa9c8f91cd324946fb1ac231f4ffb00ba5f218e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3137, A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques” on July 24, 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 24, 2009 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20964
CBO publication date
July 24, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3137, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3137
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
190e463e0ee13bc49e9929415aa9c8f91cd324946fb1ac231f4ffb00ba5f218e
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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-49 district

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