House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Service Protection Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 630.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H502):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 630, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/630
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93a780ee7c64f9fd09e85a75db88269da7db0d7a5b75bfebcf8c5a7d0d9fae1b
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 January 10, 2026). 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
187 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 177 Democrats, 1 independent
9 of 187 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ron Barber (D-AZ), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI) and 157 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
- H.R. 5701 (113th) Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act
- H.R. 1699 (113th) Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act
- H.R. 1029 (113th) No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act
- H.R. 880 (113th) Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act
- H.R. 1030 (113th) Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013
- H.R. 5060 (113th) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation 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.