House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-255
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82-6110 Mamalahoa Highway in Captain Cook, Hawaii, as the "Army 1st Lt. John Kuulei Kauhaihao Post Office Building".
Became law on Jan 4, 2025.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2024
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 4, 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: 118-255.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8909.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8909, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82–6110 Mamalahoa Highway in Captain Cook, Hawaii, as the “Army 1st Lt. John Kuulei Kauhaihao Post Office Building” 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/60752
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8909, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Renaming the Captain Cook Hawaii post office as the ``Army 1st Lt. John Kuulei Kauhaihao Post Office Building''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 219 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8909, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ef8312ab796d57bb7dd3a47ec4ede2f5632f51e11e6e72907cefc31bcf3e048
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6415 (118th) CARE for First Responders Act
- H.Res. 1594 (118th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Rural Health Day".
- H.R. 8768 (118th) Restoring Trust in Public Safety Act
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.