House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-214
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 Corporate Drive in Birmingham, Alabama, as the "Lance Corporal Thomas E. Rivers, Jr. Post Office Building".
Became law on Jul 24, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2017
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2018
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 28, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 12, 2018
- Became lawJul 24, 2018
Latest action: Jul 24, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-214.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4646.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 204, December 14, 2017, Page H9940):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 The Congress shall have Power To . . . establish Post Offices and post Roads . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4646, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4646
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0264aa71becc87ab6a1c1ba95738c0df714418810f0b9ae1699be74f6a6f706
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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Martha Roby (R-AL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer.
- H.R. 6777 (115th) Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2018
- H.R. 5300 (115th) Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018
- H.R. 850 (115th) Agency Accountability Act of 2017
- H.R. 637 (115th) Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017
- H.R. 3966 (115th) Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act
- H.R. 2660 (115th) APPEAL Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.