House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-218
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218-10 Merrick Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, New York, as the "Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 16, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2014
- Committee actionJul 24, 2014
- Passed HouseSep 8, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 3, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 8, 2014
- Became lawDec 16, 2014
Latest action: Dec 16, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-218.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3957.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1480-H1481):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Congress shall have the power to establish Post Offices and post roads. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 123 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3957, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3957
- 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.
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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 — 6 Republicans, 20 Democrats
6 of 26 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Chris Collins (R-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), 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. Gregory Meeks.
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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.