HR 1209 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building".

Latest action · Dec 6, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-284.

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. IntroducedFeb 21, 2017
  2. Passed HouseMar 5, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNov 15, 2018
  4. To the PresidentNov 26, 2018
  5. Became lawDec 6, 2018Public Law 115-284

Summary

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building."

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 19, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenMay 19, 2017
D-TXBeto O'RourkeMay 19, 2017
R-TXBill FloresMay 19, 2017
R-TXBlake FarentholdMay 19, 2017
R-TXBrian BabinMay 19, 2017
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMay 19, 2017
D-TXFilemon VelaMay 19, 2017
D-TXGene GreenMay 19, 2017
R-TXJeb HensarlingMay 19, 2017
D-TXJoaquin CastroMay 19, 2017
R-TXJodey C. ArringtonMay 19, 2017
R-TXJoe BartonMay 19, 2017
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonMay 19, 2017
R-TXJohn R. CarterMay 19, 2017
R-TXJohn RatcliffeMay 19, 2017

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 Feb 21, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2018Markup Sep 26, 2018Reported Sep 28, 2018

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 6, 2018Signed by President.
  2. Dec 6, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-284.
  3. Nov 26, 2018Presented to President.
  4. Nov 16, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Nov 15, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7063)
  6. Sep 28, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
  7. Sep 28, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.
  8. Sep 26, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  9. Mar 6, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  10. Mar 5, 2018Mr. Palmer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Mar 5, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1347-1348)
  12. Mar 5, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1209.
  13. Mar 5, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1347)
  14. Mar 5, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Sep 13, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  16. Sep 13, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  17. Feb 21, 2017Introduced in House
  18. Feb 21, 2017Referred 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 S7063—Nov 15, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H1347Text printed H1347Gary J. Palmer R-AL, Henry Cuellar D-TX, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MOMar 5, 2018

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, Clause 7: To establish post offices and post road;

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 31, February 21, 2017, page H1316.

CRS reports 1

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

Cite it 1

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

ProductTitleKindPublished
R44376Federal Support for Graduate Medical Education: An Overview ArchivedReportDec 27, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title
An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building"
Official Title as Introduced
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building".

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. Sep 28, 2018Reported to Senate
  3. Mar 6, 2018Referred in Senate
  4. Mar 5, 2018Engrossed in House
  5. Feb 21, 2017Introduced in House

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