House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-306
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2020
- 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: 116-306.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5972.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5972, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, Delaware, as the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office” 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/56734
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5972, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 38, February 26, 2020, Page H1225):Article I, Section 8, clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5972, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c0c7754c686235daf10d7584ef5ef4d6add8859896c1f6ffc1af0fa13a51d524
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5972, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Susan Davis (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
- H.R. 2610 (116th) Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- H.R. 987 (116th) Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act
- H.R. 7286 (116th) Quit Because of COVID-19 Act
- H.R. 6573 (116th) Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020
- H.R. 2348 (116th) Clean Slate Act of 2019
- H.R. 7504 (116th) VA Clinical TEAM Culture Act of 2020
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.