House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Federal building located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the "Floyd H. Flake Federal Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 718.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 14, January 23, 2019, Page H1172):Article 1 of the Constitution, necessary and Proper Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 718, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/718
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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
70 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 66 Democrats
4 of 70 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Val Demings (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 40 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
- H.R. 8259 (116th) To prohibit Russian participation in the G7, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5322 (116th) Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act
- H.R. 5084 (116th) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019
- H.R. 1018 (116th) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3948 (116th) Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act
- H.R. 5873 (116th) Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin 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.