House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Police Reform Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3005.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2119):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation will correct the current ambiguity in federal law regaridng the jurisdiction of the Postal Police and will once again allow Postal Police Officers to engage in street duty and patrols to stem the tide of increased criminal activity against postal employees and assets.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 447 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3005, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). 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
104 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 84 Democrats
84 of 104 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Bost (R-IL), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Duarte (R-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 74 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.