HR 1287 109th Congress House Commemorations Congress Congressional tributes Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Illinois Names Postal facilities United States Postal Service

Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building."

Introduced: April 5, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 20, 2006

Signed by President.

Mar 20, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-184.

Mar 10, 2006

Presented to President.

Mar 3, 2006

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Mar 3, 2006

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1756)

Mar 3, 2006

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1756)

Mar 3, 2006

Cleared for White House.

Dec 19, 2005

Committee on Government Reform discharged.

Dec 19, 2005

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

Received in the Senate, read twice.

Dec 19, 2005

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 19, 2005

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H12212; text of measure as introduced: CR H12212)

Dec 19, 2005

Mr. Issa asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

Mar 14, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Mar 14, 2005

Introduced in House

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 672	—	Amendment in the nature of a substitute provides for the designation of the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office B…	Agreed to	Dec 19, 2005

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building."

What's happening now March 20, 2006

Became Public Law No: 109-184.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 5 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Bean, Melissa

· Apr 5, 2005

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Apr 5, 2005

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Apr 5, 2005

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1287: Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building.". 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1287/

MLA

"H.R. 1287: Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building."." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1287/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 1287, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1287/.

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