To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9544.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 141, September 11, 2024, Page H5202):
  Article 1, Section 8 Enumerated Powers, Clause 7 Post Offices. The Congress shall have Power 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 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9544, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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