House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-219

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.

H.R. 3477Introduced Nov 18, 2011Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Dec 28, 2012.

Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 18, 2011
Committee actionFeb 7, 2012
Passed HouseJul 23, 2012 · 379–0
Passed SenateDec 19, 2012 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 21, 2012
Became lawDec 28, 2012

Latest action: Dec 28, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-219.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3477.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7891):
Clause 6, Section 8 of Article 1.
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Vote results

1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3477. The vote that moved the bill is first.

1HOUSE · JUL 23, 2012

Passed the House

379–0PASSED

R 219–0 D 160–0

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 501 · 52 not voting

Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.

Cosponsors

37 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 10 Democrats

10 of 37 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Joe Baca (D-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), K. Conaway (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), 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), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), 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) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-2 district

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