House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-299
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2886 Sandy Plains Road in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Marine Lance Corporal Squire 'Skip' Wells Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 2016
- Committee actionDec 10, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 15, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-299.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 106, July 1, 2016, Page H4192):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7, ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . Establish Post Offices and post Roads . . .'' In the Constitution, the power possessed by Congress embraces the regulation of the Postal System in the country. Therefore, the proposed legislation in naming a post office would fall under the powers granted to Congress in the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 361 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5612, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5612
- 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 — 9 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 13 cosponsors (31%) 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), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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