House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-162
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the "First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building".
Became law on Aug 10, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2012
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2012
- Passed HouseJun 28, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 1, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 3, 2012
- Became lawAug 10, 2012
Latest action: Aug 10, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-162.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H27):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. [Submitted January 17, 2012]Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3772, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50cbfc3f6dd69e5726ef29dff68594ada515c3bfc7a0c8b85f8e79dac3bbfc91
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Gregg Harper (R-MS), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
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.