House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Access to Rural Postal Services Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2615.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4213):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post Roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2615, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0b68b3983e2a7820297efdf8960bbdb8b73aaa8cebd226728bfa78de98084d2
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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2615, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), William Enyart (D-IL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 4562 (113th) To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
- H.R. 3991 (113th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014
- H.R. 2329 (113th) Administrative Relief and Accurate Medicare Payments Act of 2013
- H.R. 5129 (113th) UAC State Notification Act of 2014
- H.R. 3769 (113th) To extend the nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services…
- H.R. 5295 (113th) Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.