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HR 5506 110th Congress House Commemorations Clergy Congressional tributes Government Operations and Politics Names New Jersey Postal facilities Religion

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building".

Introduced: February 27, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Jul 15, 2008
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 14, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 14, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6417)
Jul 14, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6417)
Jul 14, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5506.
Jul 14, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6417-6418)
Jul 14, 2008
Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 12, 2008
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 12, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 27, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 27, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building."
What's happening now July 21, 2008

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 8, 2008
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 8, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5506: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building".. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5506/
MLA
"H.R. 5506: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building".." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5506/.
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H.R. 5506, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5506/.
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[H.R. 5506: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building".](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5506/)
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