HR 9549 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the "Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building".

Latest action · Jan 4, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-265.

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 12, 2024
  2. Passed HouseDec 4, 2024
  3. Passed SenateDec 19, 2024
  4. To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
  5. Became lawJan 4, 2025Public Law 118-265

Summary

This act designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2024 to Sep 17, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 12, 2024
R-ORLori Chavez-DeRemerOriginalSep 12, 2024
D-ORVal T. HoyleOriginalSep 12, 2024
D-ORAndrea SalinasSep 17, 2024
R-ORCliff BentzSep 17, 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 12, 2024Markup 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 4, 2025Signed by President.
  2. Jan 4, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-265.
  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.
  6. Dec 19, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7201)
  7. Dec 5, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  8. Dec 4, 2024Mr. Langworthy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  9. Dec 4, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6334)
  10. Dec 4, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9549.
  11. Dec 4, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6334)
  12. Dec 4, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  15. Sep 12, 2024Introduced in House
  16. Sep 12, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

In the Congressional Record 3

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 H6334Text printed H6334Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY, Suzanne Bonamici D-ORDec 4, 2024
HouseLists H5230–H5232H.R. 9549–9590—Sep 12, 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. 9549, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the “Elizabeth Furse 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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the U S Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the ``Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 142, September 12, 2024, page H5230.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
97-1011Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical TablesReportMay 6, 2026

Related bills 1

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

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 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the "Elizabeth Furse 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 12, 2024Introduced in House

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