House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-220
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1535 East Los Ebanos Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas, as the "1st Lieutenant Andres Zermeno Post Office Building".
Became law on Jan 2, 2025.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 2023
- Committee actionDec 19, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 2, 2025
Latest action: Jan 2, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 118-220.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6244.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 183, November 6, 2023, Page H5467):Article IV, Section III, The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular state. The single subject of this legislation is: Renaming Post OfficeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 382 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6244, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
34 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 11 Democrats
23 of 34 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.