House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
MAIL Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9229.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4965):Article V of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Mail Accessibility and Inclusion for Low-Income Families (MAIL) ActSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9229, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26008012024811fa320d4fa7e1832d8ece9fdd5cf12cec9aec7265ef14e6bcd1
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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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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff.
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- H.R. 5048 (118th) Protecting Our Democracy Act
- H.J.Res. 13 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate…
- H.R. 4184 (118th) Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
- H.R. 4392 (118th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023
- H.R. 6063 (118th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.