House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-108
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the "Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office".
Became law on May 15, 2012.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2011
- Committee actionApr 13, 2011
- Passed HouseMay 2, 2011 · 399–0
- Passed SenateApr 26, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 8, 2012
- Became lawMay 15, 2012
Latest action: May 15, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-108.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1423.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1423, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
918398f90c060de7e5064742f1d23a2331d393bb422a07e475ef4c180c32d680
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Dan Boren (D-OK), James Lankford (R-OK), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John Sullivan (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole.
- H.R. 3263 (112th) Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2012
- H.R. 5883 (112th) To make a technical correction in Public Law 112-108.
- H.R. 5912 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.
- H.R. 359 (112th) To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.
- H.Res. 668 (112th) To refer H.R. 5862, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509…
- H.Res. 209 (112th) Directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.