House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-243
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the "Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building".
Became law on Jan 4, 2025.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2024
- Committee actionApr 10, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 4, 2025
Latest action: Jan 4, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 118-243.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7606.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7606, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the “Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building” on May 7, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on April 10, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60265
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7606, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f54c664159dd3b41f313665dcc6b497bc057fbf593e6c548295da0b00e37e1e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7606, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the “Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building” on September 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60795
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7606, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f54c664159dd3b41f313665dcc6b497bc057fbf593e6c548295da0b00e37e1e
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. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 42, March 8, 2024, Page H1058):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution: ``To establish Post Offices and post Roads;'' The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the ``Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 323 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7606, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f54c664159dd3b41f313665dcc6b497bc057fbf593e6c548295da0b00e37e1e
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 July 17, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 11 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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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.