House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-34
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".
Became law on Aug 6, 2021.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2021
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 27, 2021 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 4, 2021
- Became lawAug 6, 2021
Latest action: Aug 6, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 117-34.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 264.
- 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. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H124):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 264, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/264
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
908fc35913b3e99468850e540c3e0ed62e95a193fbcb403305fe7bcc4322344b
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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
James Clyburn (D-SC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.