House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Postal Service Reform Act of 2017

H.R. 756Introduced Jan 31, 2017Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedJan 31, 2017
Committee actionMar 16, 2017
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 20, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Garrett asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 756, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Chaffetz, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 756.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 756, Postal Service Reform Act of 2017” on June 1, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 16, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2017 ↗
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CBO publication date
June 1, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 756, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/756
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 14, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):
Art. I, Sec. 8 To establish Post Offices and post Roads.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 756, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/756
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 14, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23473815fa22eabfe4c4421f8180be86a7c720c273f973695bf268bd41b1cfaf
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 committee report (as of January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 756, last updated January 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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

23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 23 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Robert Brady (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Steve Russell (R-OK), Tim Ryan (D-OH), David Scott (D-GA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Young (R-IA).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Utah in Congress · UT-3 district

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Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.