House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-291
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1325 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the "Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 6, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2018
- Committee actionMay 23, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 13, 2018 · without objection
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 26, 2018
- Became lawDec 6, 2018
Latest action: Dec 6, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-291.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5349.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 48, March 20, 2018, Page H1728):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5349, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5349
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat
7 of 8 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), David Kustoff (R-TN), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
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- H.Res. 256 (115th) Expressing support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
- H.R. 1870 (115th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017
- H.Res. 720 (115th) Recognizing the coordinated struggle of workers on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike to voice their…
- H.R. 2230 (115th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
- H.R. 4040 (115th) Horse Transportation Safety 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.