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House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-51

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 8th Street in Freedom, Pennsylvania, as the "John Scott Challis, Jr. Post Office".

H.R. 987Introduced Feb 11, 2009Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Aug 19, 2009.

Sponsor: Rep. Jason Altmire D-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 19, 2009 — Became Public Law No: 111-51.

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

18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats

7 of 18 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.

Robert Brady (D-PA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), John Murtha (D-PA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Altmire.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-4 district

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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.