House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-206
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the "Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building".
Became law on Jul 29, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2016
- Committee actionMay 17, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 14, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 19, 2016
- Became lawJul 29, 2016
Latest action: Jul 29, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-206.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4747.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 41, March 15, 2016, Page H1389):Article I Section 8 Clause 7 of the Constitution, giving Congress the power to ``Establish Post Offices and Post Roads''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4747, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4747
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 3 Democrats
10 of 13 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Tom Graves (R-GA), Jody Hice (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Lewis (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tom Price (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Scott.
- H.R. 2620 (114th) To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.
- H.Con.Res. 18 (114th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights…
- H.R. 6020 (114th) Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act
- H.R. 6021 (114th) Jobs, On-the-Job `Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act
- H.Res. 268 (114th) Supporting the designation of July 2015 as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3453 (114th) Federal Home Loan Bank Product 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.