HR 397 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office".

Latest action · Apr 30, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.

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. IntroducedJan 14, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office".

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoJan 15, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyJan 15, 2025
D-NYGregory W. MeeksJan 15, 2025
R-NYMichael LawlerJan 15, 2025
R-NYNicole MalliotakisJan 15, 2025
D-NYPatrick RyanJan 15, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanJan 16, 2025
D-NYGrace MengJan 16, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoJan 16, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezJan 21, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJan 21, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerJan 22, 2025
D-NYJerrold NadlerJan 22, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyJan 31, 2025
D-NYJohn W. MannionFeb 5, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jan 14, 2025Hearings Apr 30, 2025

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2025Committee Hearings Held
  2. Apr 30, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
  3. Jan 14, 2025Introduced in House
  4. Jan 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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. May 29, 2025H.R. 397, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the “Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 30, 2025

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 7, January 14, 2025, page H149.

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 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office".

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 14, 2025Introduced in House

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