House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-200
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the "Ernest 'Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office".
Became law on Dec 3, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Committee actionDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 24, 2020
- Became lawDec 3, 2020
Latest action: Dec 3, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-200.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4734.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4734, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the "Ernest 'Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office"” 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/56584
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4734, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4734
- 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. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 165, October 18, 2019, Page H8259):Article I, Section 8, clause 7 of the United States Constitution provides Congress with the power to establish post offices and post roads.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4734, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4734
- 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Greg Pence (R-IN), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7025 (116th) Diagnostic Testing for Public Health Labs Act of 2020
- H.R. 3890 (116th) Combatting Impaired Driving Act of 2019
- H.R. 4400 (116th) Advancing Education on Biosimilars 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.