House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-174
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office".
Became law on Jun 13, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 9, 2015
- Committee actionDec 9, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 1, 2016 · 371–9
- Passed SenateMay 26, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 3, 2016
- Became lawJun 13, 2016
Latest action: Jun 13, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-174.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3735.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 149, October 9, 2015, Page H6975):Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 255 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3735, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b05cb379e57c81dbed7d06f89efff602c4527594b6afab81bc9e74a18bd2434
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3735, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
12 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
10 of 12 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), David Price (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 5530 (114th) HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act
- H.R. 4326 (114th) Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016
- H.Res. 128 (114th) Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit In.
- H.R. 4475 (114th) Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016
- H.R. 1161 (114th) American Civil Rights Cities Act
- H.R. 5560 (114th) Public Safety and Wildlife Protection 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.