House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-89
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office".
Became law on Jan 3, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 2011
- Committee actionNov 3, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2011 · 390–0
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2011
- Became lawJan 3, 2012
Latest action: Jan 3, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-89.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2422.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIMM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4672):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.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2422, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2422
- 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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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
27 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 27 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), William Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
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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.