HR 4981 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office".

Latest action · Dec 3, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-202.

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. IntroducedNov 5, 2019
  2. Passed HouseFeb 5, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNov 18, 2020
  4. To the PresidentNov 24, 2020
  5. Became lawDec 3, 2020Public Law 116-202

Summary

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office."

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 5, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCDan BishopOriginalNov 5, 2019
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalNov 5, 2019
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCGeorge HoldingOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCGregory F. MurphyOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCMark WalkerOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCTed BuddOriginalNov 5, 2019
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalNov 5, 2019

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 Nov 5, 2019Markup Dec 19, 2019
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 10, 2020Markup Mar 11, 2020Reported Mar 12, 2020

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 3, 2020Signed by President.
  2. Dec 3, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-202.
  3. Nov 24, 2020Presented to President.
  4. Nov 19, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Nov 18, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7081)
  6. Mar 12, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
  7. Mar 12, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.
  8. Mar 11, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  9. Feb 10, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  10. Feb 5, 2020Mrs. Lawrence moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Feb 5, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H829-830)
  12. Feb 5, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4981.
  13. Feb 5, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H829)
  14. Feb 5, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Dec 19, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  16. Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House
  17. Nov 5, 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 S7081Mitch McConnell R-KYNov 18, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H829, H830Text printed H829Alma S. Adams D-NC, Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI, Mark Meadows R-NCFeb 5, 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII, Clause VII

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 176, November 5, 2019, page H8729.

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 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office".

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. Mar 12, 2020Reported to Senate
  3. Feb 10, 2020Referred in Senate
  4. Feb 5, 2020Engrossed in House
  5. Nov 5, 2019Introduced in House

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