House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-300
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the "George H. Bacel Post Office Building".
Became law on Jan 5, 2021.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2019
- Committee actionSep 16, 2020
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2020 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 24, 2020
- Became lawJan 5, 2021
Latest action: Jan 5, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 116-300.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5451.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5451, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the “George H. Bacel Post Office Building”” on November 5, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on September 16, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56732
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5451, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5451
- 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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 204, December 17, 2019, Page H10609):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5451, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5451
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09b406cfeba22288485ed91ae9661ec7f235c4e58fb290bc172374df925f8a71
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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
26 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 26 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Max Rose (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
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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.