To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building".
Latest action · Aug 19, 2009 Became Public Law No: 111-50.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2009
- Passed HouseMay 5, 2009
- Passed SenateAug 4, 2009
- To the PresidentAug 11, 2009
- Became lawAug 19, 2009Public Law 111-50
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building."
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2009 to Mar 12, 2009; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| R-NY | Christopher J. Lee | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jan 28, 2009 |
| D-NY | Michael E. McMahon | Feb 3, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 3, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 12, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Mar 6, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 12, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2009Markup Mar 18, 2009 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 6, 2009Markup Jul 29, 2009Reported Jul 30, 2009 |
| Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2009 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 19, 2009Signed by President.
- Aug 19, 2009Became Public Law No: 111-50.
- Aug 11, 2009Presented to President.
- Aug 4, 2009Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8714-8715)
- Aug 4, 2009Message on Senate action sent to the House.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8714, S8715 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Aug 4, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5107–H5109Text printed H5107 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Frank R. Wolf R-VA, John J. Duncan, Jr. R-TN, Nita M. Lowey D-NY, Peter T. King R-NY, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA | May 5, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31201 | Family Law: Congress’s Authority to Legislate on Domestic Relations Questions Archived | Report | Sep 13, 2012 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jul 30, 2009Reported to Senate
- May 6, 2009Referred in Senate
- May 5, 2009Engrossed in House
- Jan 28, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.