House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-237
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, as the "Melinda Gene Piccotti Post Office".
Became law on Dec 21, 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Fred Keller R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 2019
- Committee actionDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 5, 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: 116-237.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4279.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 145, September 11, 2019, Page H7665):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7--``The Congress shall have the Power to establish Post Offices and Post Roads.'' Page H65891Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 123 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4279
- 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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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
17 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Fred Keller.
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.