House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building".

H.R. 5988Introduced Feb 27, 2020Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 27, 2020
Committee actionMar 4, 2020
Passed HouseSep 30, 2020 · without objection
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 1, 2020 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5988.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 39, February 27, 2020, Page H1252):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2020 ↗
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

35 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 13 Democrats

13 of 35 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Will Hurd (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Van Taylor (R-TX), William Thornberry (R-TX) and 5 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Ratcliffe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-4 district

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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.