House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-231
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the "Lawrence M. 'Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office".
Became law on Dec 19, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2021
- Committee actionDec 2, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 11, 2022 · 380–26
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2022
- Became lawDec 19, 2022
Latest action: Dec 19, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 700.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 19, February 2, 2021, Page H279):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 700, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/700
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
872c8637d29aa111ae4b26cab82e87b5737db26aca540dc320b008f614a0ea42
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
17 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 12 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Sean Casten (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Mary Miller (R-IL), Marie Newman (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 4258 (117th) Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021
- H.R. 1087 (117th) Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021
- H.R. 2620 (117th) Investor Choice Act of 2021
- H.R. 7022 (117th) Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2022
- H.R. 3305 (117th) End the Threat of Default Act
- H.Res. 832 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
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.