House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chávez Memorial Post Office Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3825.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 121, July 18, 2019, Page H7151):(1) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To establish post offices and post roads as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution; and (3) To make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 515 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3825, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3825
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 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
46 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 44 Democrats
2 of 46 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Katie Hill (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 502 (116th) FIND Trafficking Act
- H.R. 3154 (116th) Homeownership for DREAMers Act
- H.R. 1031 (116th) Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020
- H.R. 4329 (116th) ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019
- H.R. 6794 (116th) Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2020
- H.R. 486 (116th) Chicano Park Preservation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.