House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-184
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Building".
Became law on Oct 4, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2021
- Committee actionDec 2, 2021
- Passed HouseFeb 1, 2022 · 421–0
- Passed SenateSep 20, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 28, 2022
- Became lawOct 4, 2022
Latest action: Oct 4, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-184.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5577.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 179, October 12, 2021, Page H5632):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5577, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5577
- 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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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
364 cosponsors — 139 Republicans, 225 Democrats
139 of 364 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Kevin Brady (R-TX) and 334 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 8681 (117th) John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act of 2022
- H.R. 5547 (117th) CEDS Act
- H.Res. 1382 (117th) Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1906, in which White supremacist mobs brutalized, terrorized, and killed…
- H.R. 8770 (117th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 5606 (117th) Return Home to Housing Act
- H.R. 3555 (117th) Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021
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.