House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-139
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building".
Became law on Jul 25, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2013
- Committee actionMar 12, 2014
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 10, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 15, 2014
- Became lawJul 25, 2014
Latest action: Jul 25, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-139.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1376.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1828):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1376, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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.
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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
- H.R. 4289 (113th) DHS Interoperable Communications Act
- H.Res. 69 (113th) Supporting the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
- H.R. 2195 (113th) Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013
- H.R. 2962 (113th) SMART Grid Study Act of 2013
- H.R. 2863 (113th) GREEN Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 4972 (113th) Althea Gibson Excellence Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.