House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Lynch D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2017
- Committee actionMar 16, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2017 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 760.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 760, Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2017” on October 31, 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, October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53269
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 760, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/760
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 760, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/760
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
22995e62188a5d6d952a7269e843161698372d7bce5f20ca2818baf6d4126752
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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 760, last updated August 11, 2025. 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), James Langevin (D-RI), David McKinley (R-WV), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2908 (115th) Climate Change National Security Strategy Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
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.