House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chávez Memorial Post Office Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2353.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 59, April 1, 2021, Page H1708):(1) To establish post offices and post roads, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 333 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2353, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2353
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
300a65bb28b1f01ef8002bdf57ef28fb3448b22fe3b428380784409934321666
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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 6889 (117th) Credit Union Board Modernization Act
- H.R. 1187 (117th) Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act
- H.R. 3125 (117th) COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 782 (117th) Homeownership for DREAMers Act
- H.R. 618 (117th) Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2021
- H.R. 6797 (117th) Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.