Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2014
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2014 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1486.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2014” on July 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 6, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45532
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1486, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f645678df8181346764b43926b2447c9f4537d3f0bd171d665714a5b05edd4ed
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-237 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 31, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/237
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1486, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f645678df8181346764b43926b2447c9f4537d3f0bd171d665714a5b05edd4ed
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1486, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.