House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURTON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6765):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7, which empowers Congress ''To establish Post Offices and post RoadsSource: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6650, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 February 4, 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
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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.