House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-242
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 East Market Street in Leesburg, Virginia, as the "Norman Duncan Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 21, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2019
- Committee actionMar 4, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2020 · without objection
- 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: 116-242.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4971.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4971, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4971
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or 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), A. McEachin (D-VA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Wexton.
- H.R. 3153 (116th) EFFORT Act
- H.R. 6270 (116th) Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
- H.R. 1414 (116th) FinCEN Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 2290 (116th) Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 920 (116th) Relating to House Resolution 891.
- H.Res. 954 (116th) Electing a certain Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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.