To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the "Ritchie Valens Post Office Building".
Latest action · Dec 12, 2019 Became Public Law No: 116-81.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 16, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 21, 2019
- To the PresidentDec 4, 2019
- Became lawDec 12, 2019Public Law 116-81
Summary
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the "Ritchie Valens Post Office Building."
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Jul 12, 2019; 46 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 14, 2019Markup Jul 25, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2019Markup Nov 6, 2019Reported Nov 7, 2019 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2019Signed by President.
- Dec 12, 2019Became Public Law No: 116-81.
- Dec 4, 2019Presented to President.
- Nov 25, 2019Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 21, 2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6767)
- Nov 7, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 7, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.
- Nov 6, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Oct 17, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Oct 16, 2019Mr. Rouda moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 16, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8169-8170)
- Oct 16, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1253.
- Oct 16, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8169)
- Oct 16, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 25, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6767 | — | Nov 21, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8169, H8170Text printed H8169 | Harley Rouda D-CA, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ, Tony Cárdenas D-CA | Oct 16, 2019 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2034.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
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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 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the "Ritchie Valens 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.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 7, 2019Reported to Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Referred in Senate
- Oct 16, 2019Engrossed in House
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced 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.
