House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Postal Alert and Weather Preparedness Act
Official title: To direct the United States Postal Service to conduct a study on the feasibility of carrying out a program to provide electronic notifications to Postal Service customers regarding weather and mail delivery, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Apr 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8491.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 72, April 23, 2026, Page H3093):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8491, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8491
- 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.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hillary Scholten.
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- H.R. 8999 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the…
- H.R. 9530 (119th) Quiet Skies Act
- H.R. 7376 (119th) Local Water Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.