HR 2607 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the "Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building".

Latest action · Jul 29, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-200.

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. IntroducedJun 2, 2015
  2. Passed HouseJun 21, 2016
  3. Passed SenateJul 14, 2016
  4. To the PresidentJul 19, 2016
  5. Became lawJul 29, 2016Public Law 114-200

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 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the "Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building."

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2015 to Jul 29, 2015; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 2, 2015
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesJun 4, 2015

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 Jun 2, 2015Markup May 17, 2016
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 22, 2016Discharged Jul 15, 2016

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 29, 2016Signed by President.
  2. Jul 29, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-200.
  3. Jul 19, 2016Presented to President.
  4. Jul 15, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Jul 14, 2016Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
  6. Jul 14, 2016Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
  7. Jul 14, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Jun 22, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  9. Jun 21, 2016Mr. Hurd (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Jun 21, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4000-4002)
  11. Jun 21, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2607.
  12. Jun 21, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4000)
  13. Jun 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. May 17, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. May 17, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  16. Jun 2, 2015Introduced in House
  17. Jun 2, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In the Congressional Record 2

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 S5192—Jul 14, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H4000–H4002Text printed H4000Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI, Joseph Crowley D-NY, Will Hurd R-TXJun 21, 2016

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 I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have Power [ . . . ] To establish Post Offices and post Roads . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 87, June 2, 2015, page H3758.

CRS reports 2

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

Cite it 2

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

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Related bills 1

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

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 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the "Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building".

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jun 22, 2016Referred in Senate
  3. Jun 21, 2016Engrossed in House
  4. Jun 2, 2015Introduced in House

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