HR 2660 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the "Tomball Veterans Post Office".

Latest action · May 15, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-112.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 26, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNov 16, 2011
  3. Passed SenateApr 26, 2012
  4. To the PresidentMay 8, 2012
  5. Became lawMay 15, 2012Public Law 112-112

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the "Tomball Veterans Post Office."

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXBill FloresOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXFrancisco "Quico" CansecoOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXKay GrangerOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXMac ThornberryOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXRon PaulOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 26, 2011
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJul 26, 2011
R-TXTed PoeOriginalJul 26, 2011

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 26, 2011Markup Nov 3, 2011
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2011Markup Apr 25, 2012Reported Apr 25, 2012
Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee
Referred Jan 12, 2012

Actions 21

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 15, 2012Signed by President.
  2. May 15, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-112.
  3. May 8, 2012Presented to President.
  4. Apr 27, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Apr 26, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2886)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S2886Harry Reid D-NVApr 26, 2012
HouseDebate and remarks H7691—Nov 16, 2011
HouseDebate and remarks H7414, H7415Text printed H7414Blake Farenthold R-TX, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Michael T. McCaul R-TXNov 14, 2011

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: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post Roads.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5580.

CRS reports 26

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

Cite it 26

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

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the "Tomball Veterans Post Office".

Subjects

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

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Apr 25, 2012Reported to Senate
  3. Nov 17, 2011Referred in Senate
  4. Nov 16, 2011Engrossed in House
  5. Jul 26, 2011Introduced in House

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