House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-38
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the "Schertz Veterans Post Office".
Became law on Oct 12, 2011.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2011
- Committee actionOct 4, 2011
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2011 · 398–0
- Passed SenateOct 4, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 6, 2011
- Became lawOct 12, 2011
Latest action: Oct 12, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 112-38.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 771.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1179):The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 344 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 771, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
103e0d3a727f328e4452a06a48aac1a8248557d717d6abe9ebb1b93612d49498
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
31 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 8 Democrats
23 of 31 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), 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), 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), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ron Paul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar.
- H.R. 915 (112th) Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act
- H.R. 538 (112th) Government Customer Service Improvement Act
- H.J.Res. 10 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 1318 (112th) South Texas Veterans Health Care Expansion Act
- H.R. 5988 (112th) San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2012
- H.R. 5964 (112th) Cross-Border Trade Enhancement 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.