HR 6116 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14280 South Military Trail in Delray Beach, Florida, as the "Benjamin Berell Ferencz Post Office Building".

Introduced Oct 30, 2023 Originated House Became Public Law 118-217 Sponsor Lois Frankel D-FL

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Latest action · Jan 2, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-217.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 30, 2023
  2. Passed HouseDec 4, 2024
  3. Passed SenateDec 19, 2024
  4. To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
  5. Became lawJan 2, 2025Public Law 118-217

Summary

This act designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 14280 South Military Trail in Delray Beach, Florida, as the Benjamin Berell Ferencz Post Office Building.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2023 to Jun 4, 2024; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAaron BeanOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLCory MillsOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLKat CammackOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLLaurel M. LeeOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalOct 30, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalOct 30, 2023
R-FLVern BuchananNov 3, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzJun 4, 2024

Withdrew 3 Anna Paulina Luna R-FL Nov 1, 2023·Matt Gaetz R-FL Nov 1, 2023·W. Gregory Steube R-FL Nov 1, 2023

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 30, 2023Markup Sep 18, 2024
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 5, 2024Discharged Dec 19, 2024

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 2, 2025Signed by President.
  2. Jan 2, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-217.
  3. Dec 27, 2024Presented to President.
  4. Dec 20, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Dec 19, 2024Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7200Christopher Murphy D-CTDec 19, 2024
HouseDebate and remarks H6327, H6328Text printed H6327James Comer R-KY, Jamie Raskin D-MD, Kathy E. Manning D-NC, Lois Frankel D-FLDec 4, 2024

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Sep 24, 2024H.R. 6116, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14280 South Military Trail in Delray Beach, Florida, as the “Benjamin Berell Ferencz Post Office BuildingAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on September 18, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Post office renaming

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 178, October 30, 2023, page H5181.

CRS reports 2

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Cite it 2

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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 14280 South Military Trail in Delray Beach, Florida, as the "Benjamin Berell Ferencz Post Office Building".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Dec 5, 2024Referred in Senate
  3. Dec 4, 2024Engrossed in House
  4. Oct 30, 2023Introduced in House

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