House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office".
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2009
- Committee actionJul 10, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2009 · 411–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2009 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2971.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1314, which became Public Law 111-111 on 11/30/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2971, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Greg Walden (R-OR), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
- H.R. 80 (111th) Captive Primate Safety Act
- H.Res. 839 (111th) Condemning the illegal extraction of Madagascar's natural resources.
- H.R. 2030 (111th) Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009
- H.R. 4722 (111th) Active Community Transportation Act of 2010
- H.R. 5478 (111th) Green Railcar Enhancement Act of 2010
- H.R. 4021 (111th) Safe Routes to High Schools Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.