House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the "Ron Wright Post Office Building".
Sponsor: Rep. Jake Ellzey R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6626.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLZEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 24, February 7, 2022, Page H1013):Article I, Section 8 of the United State Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and colect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniorm throughout the United States''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 334 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6626, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a1833029fee8345a9a133b0598f950107a095509ab0876f5c5de08103794427
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 February 4, 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
22 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 22 cosponsors (18%) 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), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mayra Flores (R-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jake Ellzey.
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.