HR 7088 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building".

Introduced Jun 4, 2020 Originated House Became Public Law 116-314 Sponsor Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA

Latest action · Jan 5, 2021 Became Public Law No: 116-314.

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.

IntroducedJun 4, 2020
Passed HouseDec 10, 2020
Passed SenateDec 17, 2020
To the PresidentDec 24, 2020
Became lawJan 5, 2021Public Law 116-314

Summary

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building."

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 4, 2020.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Jun 4, 2020
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Doug Collins	Original	Jun 4, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Jun 4, 2020
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jun 4, 2020
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Rob Woodall	Original	Jun 4, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jun 4, 2020
R-GA	Tom Graves	Original	Jun 4, 2020

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 Jun 4, 2020Markup Sep 16, 2020Discharged Dec 10, 2020
Senate	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	Referred Dec 11, 2020Discharged Dec 18, 2020

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 5, 2021Signed by President.
Jan 5, 2021Became Public Law No: 116-314.
Dec 24, 2020Presented to President.
Dec 18, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2020Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2020Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
Dec 17, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 11, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 10, 2020Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Dec 10, 2020Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
Dec 10, 2020Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7136)
Dec 10, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7136)
Dec 10, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 16, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 16, 2020Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 4, 2020Introduced in House
Jun 4, 2020Referred 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 S7643	Mike Braun R-IN	Dec 17, 2020
House	Debate and remarks H7136Text printed H7136	Robin L. Kelly D-IL	Dec 10, 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

Nov 5, 2020H.R. 7088, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the “Senator Jack Hill Post Office BuildingAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on September 16, 2020

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause, empowers Congress: To establish Post Offices and post Roads. In addition, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, provides: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. The Postal Clause, an express Constitutional duty imposed upon Congress, carries with it the right to establish post offices, and with that right, is the concomitant right to operate, name, design, refurbish, and staff such post offices. This bill simply seeks to name a post office. The Property Clause further buttresses the plenary right of Congress to manage its properties, including implementing ``needful'' rules and regulations, which would include the ability to name a federal building.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 104, June 4, 2020, page H2368.

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 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill 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.

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