House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-57
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the "Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office".
Became law on May 7, 2024.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2023
- Committee actionJul 12, 2023
- Passed HouseOct 2, 2023 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateApr 23, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 1, 2024
- Became lawMay 7, 2024
Latest action: May 7, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-57.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3944.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3944, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the “Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office”” on July 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on July 12, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59417
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3944, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3944, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the “Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office”” on February 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 6, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59957
- CBO publication date
- February 8, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3944, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
825002cf1a505d4025e1d40baea4dab37e2da17f0cba905353487444bdd6a1b7
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2789):Article I, Section 8, clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the ``Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 260 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3944, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
825002cf1a505d4025e1d40baea4dab37e2da17f0cba905353487444bdd6a1b7
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 committee report (as of May 27, 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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.