USPS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9685.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 146, September 19, 2024, Page H5525):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: The USPS Act will establish timelines and procedures for post office emergency suspensions, require community input, and mandate annual reports to Congress on postal suspensions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9685, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3cb01acfe7f15ee649a1af5ea43cd2a17b61fe6eb7dc5a02d74c11eeb3126b00

  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. 9685, 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.