United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Apr 24, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 5, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 4, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 10, 2026 |
Committees 2
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 Apr 24, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2025Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 69, April 24, 2025, page H1625.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, and title 39, United States Code, to provide the United States Postal Service the authority to mail alcoholic beverages, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
