House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Federal building located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in Washington, DC, as the "Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2021
- Committee actionJul 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 4, 2021 · 409–14
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4679.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 1, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4679, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 130, July 26, 2021, Page H3908):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4679, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4cdff953e6fc7ad4789f633dc994171565ec94d7102761d1e835a93375c79c6
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
- H.R. 3684 (117th) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- H.R. 7776 (117th) James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- H.R. 5434 (117th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 5763 (117th) Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 7321 (117th) Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 5706 (117th) Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation 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.