House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-268
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office".
Became law on Jan 4, 2025.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2024
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2024 · 381–15
- 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: 118-268.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9600, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter 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/60761
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9600, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9600
- 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. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 143, September 16, 2024, Page H5239):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the ``Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9600, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2cb65316f33172b8b81b4e1b7b1eb4ae190480667b9598fc1dac1d502752c5ce
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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
13 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 4 Democrats
9 of 13 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
- H.R. 1480 (118th) Beagle Brigade Act of 2023
- H.Res. 30 (118th) Recognizing the 94th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 40th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday.
- H.R. 9647 (118th) President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 333 (118th) Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
- H.Con.Res. 103 (118th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in honor of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor…
- H.Res. 910 (118th) Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
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.