HR 9544 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".

Introduced Sep 11, 2024 Originated House Became Public Law 118-264 Sponsor Kweisi Mfume D-MD

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Latest action · Jan 4, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-264.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 11, 2024
  2. Passed HouseDec 4, 2024
  3. Passed SenateDec 19, 2024
  4. To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
  5. Became lawJan 4, 2025Public Law 118-264

Summary

This act designates the facility of the U. S. Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2024 to Oct 18, 2024; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDGlenn IveyOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 11, 2024
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalSep 11, 2024
R-KYJames ComerSep 12, 2024
D-MAStephen F. LynchSep 25, 2024
D-CAMaxine WatersOct 18, 2024

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 Sep 11, 2024Markup Nov 20, 2024
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 5, 2024Discharged Dec 19, 2024

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 4, 2025Signed by President.
  2. Jan 4, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-264.
  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 S7200, S7201Christopher Murphy D-CTDec 19, 2024
HouseDebate and remarks H6336–H6338Text printed H6336Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Jamie Raskin D-MD, John P. Sarbanes D-MD, Kweisi Mfume D-MD, Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY, Steny H. Hoyer D-MDDec 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 Enumerated Powers, Clause 7 Post Offices. The Congress shall have Power To establish Post Offices and post Roads. The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 141, September 11, 2024, page H5202.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5019A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".Identical billNov 20, 2024

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 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings 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. Sep 11, 2024Introduced in House

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