House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 621 Kansas Avenue in Atchison, Kansas, as the "Amelia Earhart Post Office Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8295):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To establish post offices and post roads.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4188, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7516e85dbded6acec6e3dbd67ffe080e8145cbfc73333887eaf2b2c1d4b1d744
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ron Estes (R-KS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
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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.