House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the "Sojourner Truth Post Office".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2024
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8405.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8405, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the “Sojourner Truth Post Office” on September 24, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on September 18, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60746
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8405, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8405
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93c7a34b397c19bcc484f77bd90ef4a51aac849e63e7f3ca688fede11a2309d9
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):Clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Post office renaming.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8405, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8405
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93c7a34b397c19bcc484f77bd90ef4a51aac849e63e7f3ca688fede11a2309d9
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8405, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 13 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John James (R-MI), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Lisa McClain (R-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
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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.