House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-107
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the "Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building".
Became law on May 15, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2011
- Committee actionNov 3, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2011 · 391–0
- 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: 112-107.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 298.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H255):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. 298, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/298
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dde3d559a3d06e7d05a392a0fdf50dadfc24af7ee009224a7346294a78fb64e
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
31 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 31 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ron Paul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX) and 1 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.