House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the "Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8947.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 209, December 10, 2020, Page H7148):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8947, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8947
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
868d47bda23bd47608f7b12bc947ae3ccddd19f83654c7a75d2bb19ac2d39f57
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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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
James Clyburn (D-SC), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice.
- H.R. 4056 (116th) Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019
- H.R. 2319 (116th) 21st Century NICS Act
- H.R. 5341 (116th) Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act
- H.R. 3287 (116th) TREAD Act
- H.R. 7615 (116th) To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.
- H.R. 1148 (116th) 2018 Natural Disasters Tax Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.