House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-257
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, as the "Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office".
Became law on Jan 4, 2025.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 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: 118-257.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8976.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8976, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, as the “Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt 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/60754
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8976, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8976
- 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 Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4588):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: To rename a post office.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8976, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5107095595e6ec06ac11a8cbda88fd40d75e7432a30ee18d8f93a55000257ad2
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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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 17 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sean Casten (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Mary Miller (R-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
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- H.R. 753 (118th) VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
- H.R. 705 (118th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 2367 (118th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 4278 (118th) Restore VA Accountability Act of 2023
- H.R. 4396 (118th) American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter 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.