House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-114
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the "William T. Trant Post Office Building".
Became law on May 15, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2011
- Committee actionNov 3, 2011
- Passed HouseDec 13, 2011 · 420–0
- 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: 112-114.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2767.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5887):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution, which empowers Congress ``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
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2767, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2767
- 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.
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Barney Frank (D-MA), William Keating (D-MA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Edward Markey (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Tierney (D-MA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Olver.
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.