House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8827.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 106, June 25, 2024, Page H4152):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Post Office NamingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 225 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8827, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8827
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
19 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 14 Democrats
5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.