House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pony Up Act
Official title: To require the United States Postal Service to reimburse fees charged for the late payment of bills that were delayed in the mail, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 431.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 431, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 19, 2026). 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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bost (R-IL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Collins (R-GA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Jason Smith (R-MO), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.