House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-208
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the "James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 16, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2013
- Committee actionMay 21, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 10, 2014
- Became lawDec 16, 2014
Latest action: Dec 16, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-208.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1707.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2299):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1707, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 26, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d44a5c11a6a5a04d3f6ebff692bede3f6adb36789c52d339dd758add8f5f6dd
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 26, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
17 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), William Enyart (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.