Rural Mail Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8589.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 93, May 31, 2024, Page H3542):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the United States Postal Service to implement recommendations from the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service for decreasing instances of delayed mail, improving staffing, and training, included in the report by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service entitled ``Delivery in Northern Minnesota'' (Report Number 24-12, 048-R24)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 31, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 8589, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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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.

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