HR 4672 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building".

Introduced Oct 15, 2019 Originated House Became Public Law 116-238 Sponsor Ro Khanna D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 21, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-238.

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. IntroducedOct 15, 2019
  2. Passed HouseSep 14, 2020
  3. Passed SenateDec 3, 2020
  4. To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
  5. Became lawDec 21, 2020Public Law 116-238

Summary

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building."

Cosponsors 52

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 15, 2019 to Dec 6, 2019; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAKatie HillOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CATed LieuOriginalOct 15, 2019
D-CAMike LevinOct 16, 2019
D-CAAmi BeraOct 22, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOct 22, 2019
R-CATom McClintockOct 22, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOct 28, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.Oct 28, 2019
Show all 52 cosponsors

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 Oct 15, 2019Markup Dec 19, 2019
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 15, 2020Discharged Dec 3, 2020

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 21, 2020Signed by President.
  2. Dec 21, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-238.
  3. Dec 11, 2020Presented to President.
  4. Dec 7, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Dec 3, 2020Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7220-7221)
  6. Dec 3, 2020Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7220-7221)
  7. Dec 3, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Sep 15, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  9. Sep 14, 2020Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Sep 14, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4357-4358)
  11. Sep 14, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4672.
  12. Sep 14, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4357)
  13. Sep 14, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Dec 19, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. Oct 15, 2019Introduced in House
  16. Oct 15, 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7220Roy Blunt R-MODec 3, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H4357, H4358Text printed H4357Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Michael Cloud R-TXSep 14, 2020

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Sep 15, 2020H.R. 4672, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building"As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on December 19, 2019

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 7 provides Congress with the power to establish post offices and post roads.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 162, October 15, 2019, page H8144.

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.

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 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson 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. Sep 15, 2020Referred in Senate
  3. Sep 14, 2020Engrossed in House
  4. Oct 15, 2019Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.