House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Postal Employee ProtectionsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 126 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 595, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/595
- 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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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
78 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 72 Democrats
6 of 78 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Robert Garcia (D-CA) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.Res. 1056 (118th) Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
- H.R. 1176 (118th) Taiwan International Solidarity Act
- H.R. 4016 (118th) Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act
- H.R. 7527 (118th) Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024
- H.R. 5532 (118th) Russia-North Korea Cooperation Sanctions Act
- H.R. 4157 (118th) Not Just a Number Act
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.