House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-296
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 McElroy Drive in Oxford, Mississippi, as the "Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Rep. Trent Kelly R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2016
- Committee actionSep 15, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 5, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-296.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5309.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 81, May 23, 2016, Page H2962):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5309, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31e1979ee1eb809febdcf1c8ae08b13faaa5ed950b08ee83090123d7dceafc45
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 noteThe Senate passed the bill on 12/5/2016, then vitiated its passage on 12/5/2016, then passed the bill on 12/10/2016.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5309, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31e1979ee1eb809febdcf1c8ae08b13faaa5ed950b08ee83090123d7dceafc45
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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gregg Harper (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Kelly.
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.