Protecting Our Rural Post Offices Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3370.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7398):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, which include the power to ``establish Post Offices and post Roads. . . .'' Furthermore, Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, which include the power to ``make all laws which shall be necessary for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  443 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3370, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3370

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f84c8a250281cbf685e17e342b939ef5c86c5ed2194adea0085056dbd2fbbfa9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3370, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.