House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-144
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New Chardon Street Lobby in Boston, Massachusetts, as the "John Fitzgerald Kennedy Post Office".
Became law on Mar 23, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Lynch D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2017
- Committee actionSep 13, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 10, 2017 · 395–0
- Passed SenateMar 7, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMar 13, 2018
- Became lawMar 23, 2018
Latest action: Mar 23, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-144.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2464.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4224):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2464, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 760 (115th) Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2017
- H.Res. 993 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States…
- H.R. 2908 (115th) Climate Change National Security Strategy Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.