House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-151
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the "Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office".
Became law on Aug 8, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2013
- Committee actionMar 12, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 1, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 4, 2014
- Became lawAug 8, 2014
Latest action: Aug 8, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-151.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3472.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7052):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish post offices and post roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3472, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3472
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
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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
26 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 26 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), William Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Collins.
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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.