House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-204
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office".
Became law on Dec 16, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee actionMay 21, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 17, 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: 113-204.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 43.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BACHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H34):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. 43, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/43
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9aab5f003793e843c4e4b84b4581a2811eac2c6a64c1fcc3b4dabd1dfe1d289a
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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
John Duncan (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Kline (R-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
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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.