USPS Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2382.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2382, USPS Fairness Act” on February 3, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on April 29, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56093

  CBO publication date

  February 3, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2382, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2382

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22347663324d1a80cd2bd828748f2b11b100b903e8f5289823d9e3dc5ffeeb91

• 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.

• 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 (Vol. 165, No. 69, April 29, 2019, Page H3304):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  140 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2382, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2382

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22347663324d1a80cd2bd828748f2b11b100b903e8f5289823d9e3dc5ffeeb91

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2382, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.