House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-305
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, as the "Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregorio Sablan D-MPWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 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: 114-305.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5889.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H5015):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5889, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5889
- 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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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. 5889, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e6e7f28cacc2f3a3c5744e6226720017df5ee51042f9a225dd549930713cc6f
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregorio Sablan.
- H.R. 6401 (114th) Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act
- H.R. 5584 (114th) Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016
- H.R. 4309 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.
- H.R. 3607 (114th) U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 4531 (114th) To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5773 (114th) Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016
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.