Protect Our Mail Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8795.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMODEI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 105, June 21, 2024, Page H4120):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post Roads under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center if the United States Postal Service has failed to meet certain conditions, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2024 ↗

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  455 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8795, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8795

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af5cbbee1a4eaf001d1bfbd15e92dfd256a5794635e160fb447b910e4f754cff

  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. 8795, 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.