House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 314 Lennon Drive in Wilmington, North Carolina, as the "Meadowlark Lemon Post Office".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5245.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7040):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to the Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5245, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
452c7cd7218638867b8e8b245f33f4c88c54cd2b45b6e8a91590ab6f3380ce3b
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 February 4, 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), George Holding (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), David Price (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones.
- H.R. 126 (113th) Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
- H.R. 819 (113th) Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act
- H.R. 124 (113th) To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
- H.R. 127 (113th) To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment.
- H.Res. 428 (113th) Urging the president to release information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States.
- H.R. 4068 (113th) SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014
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.