House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-282
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the "Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 27, 2022.
Sponsor: Rep. Al Green D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 4, 2021
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022
Latest action: Dec 27, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-282.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 194, November 4, 2021, Page H6208):Necessary and Proper Clause {Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5865, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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.
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 — 23 Republicans, 12 Democrats
23 of 35 cosponsors (66%) 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), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Van Taylor (R-TX) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.Res. 517 (117th) Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution of 2021
- H.R. 68 (117th) Housing Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 2689 (117th) Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
- H.R. 4619 (117th) To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit trading ahead by market makers, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 166 (117th) Fair Lending for All Act
- H.R. 2516 (117th) Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021
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.