House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-193
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building".
Became law on Jul 15, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2016
- Committee actionMay 17, 2016
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 7, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 12, 2016
- Became lawJul 15, 2016
Latest action: Jul 15, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-193.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4960.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 58, April 15, 2016, Page H1765):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post roads''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4960, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4960
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4837f24897c80098b89a9aefa8ac62befd446be0faf2a93f47513dd22c0b9fd5
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
19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 11 Democrats
8 of 19 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 4982 (114th) Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016
- H.R. 2980 (114th) Mayflower Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1123 (114th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2015
- H.R. 1622 (114th) National Fab Lab Network Act of 2015
- H.R. 5287 (114th) Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act
- H.Res. 605 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Office of Technology Assessment should be reestablished.
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.