House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office".
Sponsor: Rep. David Reichert R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2012
- Committee actionJun 27, 2012
- Passed HouseNov 28, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2012 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5788.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REICHERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2812):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 ``The Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices and postroads''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5788, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5788
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bde91dac4bd2f2e1e36c7b8558afd72282e40a6001375643e4ace47b982be71
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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Norman Dicks (D-WA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA).
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.