House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building".
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2008
- Committee actionJul 16, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2008 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2008 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6198.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3082, which became Public Law 110-353 on 10/7/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6198, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6198
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Roy Blunt (R-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
- H.R. 3572 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Wallace S.…
- H.Con.Res. 292 (110th) Honoring Margaret Truman Daniel and her lifetime of accomplishments.
- H.Res. 53 (110th) Recognizing the life of Lamar Hunt and his outstanding contributions to the Kansas City Chiefs, the National Football League, and the…
- H.Res. 118 (110th) Condemning the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urging States adopt legislation similar to that which…
- H.R. 6960 (110th) To establish the World War I centennial commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I.
- H.Con.Res. 114 (110th) Encouraging recognition of February 13th of each year for the founding for the Negro Leagues in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.