House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-233
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, as the "Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 21, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2019
- Committee actionDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 3, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
- Became lawDec 21, 2020
Latest action: Dec 21, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-233.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3847.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3847, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, as the "Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building"” on September 15, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on December 19, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56579
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3847, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McEACHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 121, July 18, 2019, Page H7152):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3847, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. McEachin.
- H.R. 4227 (116th) MAPS Act
- H.R. 4727 (116th) Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2019
- H.R. 5221 (116th) 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019
- H.Res. 932 (116th) Expressing support for honoring the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 330 (116th) Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3281 (116th) Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019
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.