HR 3617 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

POSTAL Act of 2017

Introduced Jul 28, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Cedric L. Richmond D-LA

Latest action · Jul 28, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 28, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act of 2017 or the POSTAL Act of 2017

This bill expands the specific powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the provision of basic financial services, including: (1) small-dollar loans; (2) checking accounts, interest-bearing savings accounts, and services relating to international money transfers, each of which may be provided by the USPS alone or in partnership with depository institutions and credit unions; (3) other basic financial services as appropriate in the public interest; and (4) the creation of a Postal Card that allows users to engage in such financial services.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2017 to May 23, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jul 28, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 28, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jul 28, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 28, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Aug 4, 2017
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Aug 4, 2017
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 1, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Oct 6, 2017
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Feb 5, 2018
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 15, 2018
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 20, 2018
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Mar 20, 2018
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 11, 2018
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		May 8, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		May 8, 2018
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 23, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House
Jul 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rnles of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill. This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1 ), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 128, July 28, 2017, page H6580.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44603	Reforming the U.S. Postal Service: Background and Issues for Congress	Report	Feb 10, 2022

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2755	Postal Banking Act	Related bill	Apr 25, 2018
HR 4422	POSTAL Act of 2015	Reintroduction of	Feb 1, 2016
HR 5816	Postal Banking Act	Related bill	May 15, 2018

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the United States Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: POSTAL Act of 2017; Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, And Lending Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House

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