House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-203
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, as the "Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office".
Became law on Dec 3, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2019
- Committee actionDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 5, 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: 116-203.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5037.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 180, November 12, 2019, Page H8784):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause, empowers Congress to ``establish Post Offices and Post Roads''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 156 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5037, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5037
- 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.
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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
16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), David Price (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Mark Walker (R-NC), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Murphy.
- H.R. 7710 (116th) Open Schools Responsibly Act
- H.R. 6128 (116th) Eliminate Agency Excess Space Act
- H.R. 5875 (116th) Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 5582 (116th) Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act
- H.R. 5774 (116th) Veterans HOPE Act
- H.R. 7842 (116th) INFLUENCE 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.