House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-251
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office".
Became law on Jan 10, 2013.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 27, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 31, 2012
- Became lawJan 10, 2013
Latest action: Jan 10, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 112-251.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4389.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1977):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, 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
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4389, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4389
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16153f59568519b91deefcb5e840225d0b9e14ede36eafbd4ce9afee4a75f3b4
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
52 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 33 Democrats
19 of 52 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Costa.
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- H.R. 2740 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain population census tracts for which information is not available as low-income…
- H.R. 1251 (112th) More Water for Our Valley Act, 2011
- H.R. 2650 (112th) To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 510 19th Street, Bakersfield, California, as the Myron Donovan Crocker…
- H.R. 4675 (112th) To reduce temporarily the duty on 1H-[1,2,4]Triazole.
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.