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House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-25

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the "Ray Charles Post Office Building".

H.R. 504Introduced Feb 1, 2005Policy area: Commemorations

Became law on Jul 12, 2005.

Sponsor: Rep. Diane Watson D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 12, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-25.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

55 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 33 Democrats

22 of 55 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Joe Baca (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jane Harman (D-CA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diane Watson.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-33 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.