House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 3721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 89, May 25, 2023, Page H2641):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 18, United States Code, and title 39, United States Code, to provide the United States Postal Service the authority to mail alcoholic beverages, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 351 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3721, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3721, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
24 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 24 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse.
- H.R. 9456 (118th) Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024
- H.Res. 987 (118th) Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4524 (118th) Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act
- H.Res. 684 (118th) Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and…
- H.R. 809 (118th) Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act
- H.Res. 1447 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 22 through September 28, 2024, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
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.