HRES 47
117th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the…
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Jan 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should ensure that the U.S. Postal Service is not privatized and remains an independent establishment of the federal government.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Cosponsors
193
D
Ross, Deborah K.
D
Peters, Scott H.
Mooney, Alexander
D
Khanna, Ro
R
Bacon, Don
D
Neal, Richard E.
R
Rogers, Mike D.
Schrader, Kurt
McEachin, A.
D
Panetta, Jimmy
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Auchincloss, Jake
D
Larsen, Rick
D
Welch, Peter
Fortenberry, Jeff
Allred, Colin
R
Joyce, John
D
Lieu, Ted
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Mrvan, Frank J.
Kahele, Kaiali'i
D
Stanton, Greg
D
Costa, Jim
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Green, Al
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
Schrier, Kim
Cárdenas, Tony
D
Dean, Madeleine
D
Fletcher, Lizzie
D
Frankel, Lois
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
Kildee, Daniel
D
Larson, John B.
D
Strickland, Marilyn
PRICE, DAVID
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Katko, John
Reed, Tom
R
Van Drew, Jefferson
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Kinzinger, Adam
Bass, Karen
D
Himes, James A.
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 47: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-47/
"H. Res. 47: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-47/.
H. Res. 47, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-47/.
[H. Res. 47: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-47/)