House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-314
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building".
Became law on Jan 5, 2021.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2020
- Committee actionSep 16, 2020
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2020 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 24, 2020
- Became lawJan 5, 2021
Latest action: Jan 5, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 116-314.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7088.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7088, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the “Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building” on November 5, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on September 16, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56738
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7088, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7088
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15830cfc8188296bebfa39a294084d825e6aa1b5b63d7a6e18db4262434d2b57
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 104, June 4, 2020, Page H2368):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause, empowers Congress: To establish Post Offices and post Roads. In addition, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, provides: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. The Postal Clause, an express Constitutional duty imposed upon Congress, carries with it the right to establish post offices, and with that right, is the concomitant right to operate, name,…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,001 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7088, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7088
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15830cfc8188296bebfa39a294084d825e6aa1b5b63d7a6e18db4262434d2b57
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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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Doug Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Tom Graves (R-GA), Jody Hice (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Lewis (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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