To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 East California Street in Gainesville, Texas, as the "Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building".
Latest action · Nov 14, 2012 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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2012 to Jan 2, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Original | Nov 14, 2012 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Dec 3, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Dec 3, 2012 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Dec 3, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 20, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Dec 20, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jan 2, 2013 |
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 Nov 14, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2012Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H6369H.R. 6589 | — | Nov 14, 2012 |
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 page H6369.
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 321 East California Street in Gainesville, Texas, as the "Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2012Introduced 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.
