House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-278
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the "J.I. Washington Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 27, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2021
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 14, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022
Latest action: Dec 27, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-278.
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. CLYBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 165, September 23, 2021, Page H5134):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5349, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5349
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
6 of 6 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Tom Rice (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Clyburn.
- H.R. 1286 (117th) Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 2021
- H.R. 6531 (117th) Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022
- H.R. 1619 (117th) Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
- H.R. 1446 (117th) Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
- H.Res. 861 (117th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 862 (117th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
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.