House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-48
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building".
Became law on Nov 7, 2011.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2011
- Committee actionJun 22, 2011
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2011 · 416–0
- Passed SenateOct 20, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 31, 2011
- Became lawNov 7, 2011
Latest action: Nov 7, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 112-48.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3410):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Legislation to name a Post Office after an individual is constitutional under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which gives Congress the power to establish Post Offices and post roads. The bill is also constitutionally authorized under the Necessary and Proper Clause, which supports the expansion of congressional authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly discernible from the text.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 500 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1975, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
48 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 32 Democrats
16 of 48 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.