House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 Southern Avenue Southeast in Washington, District of Columbia, as the "District of Columbia Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2022
- Committee actionJul 14, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 13, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7873.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7873, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 Southern Avenue Southeast in Washington, District of Columbia, as the “District of Columbia Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office” on August 15, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on July 20, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58402
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7873, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea9abc77bc61a6aedb0322daba0cdcd3882b178a6214ce23872253a29b9c4a91
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 90, May 24, 2022, Page H5215):clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7873, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea9abc77bc61a6aedb0322daba0cdcd3882b178a6214ce23872253a29b9c4a91
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7873, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 51 (117th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 1703 (117th) National Children’s Museum Act
- H.R. 3531 (117th) Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act
- H.R. 1468 (117th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 4009 (117th) Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act
- H.R. 6361 (117th) District of Columbia National Guard Commanding General Residency Act
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.