House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-254
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the "Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office".
Became law on Jan 10, 2013.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 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: 112-254.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6260.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5630):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6260, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6260
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
51 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 32 Democrats
19 of 51 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), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), David Dreier (R-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), Tom McClintock (R-CA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo.
- H.R. 733 (112th) Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
- H.R. 2679 (112th) PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 1695 (112th) Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
- H.R. 2281 (112th) Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act
- H.R. 1009 (112th) Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act
- H.R. 6686 (112th) Mercury Use Reduction Act of 2012
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.