To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the "Rachel Carson Post Office Building".
Public Law 110-62 · H.R. 1434 · 110th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Aug 9, 2007 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA-4)
Cosponsors (40): Rep. Robert Brady, Rep. Christopher Carney,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 334 yea, 53 nay334–53
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the "Rachel Carson Post Office Building."
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 110th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 334 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
334 yea53 nay45 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(217)
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Yvette ClarkeD-NY-11
Rep. Keith EllisonD-MN-5
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-22
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15
Rep. Raúl GrijalvaD-AZ-7
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Gwen MooreD-WI-4
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-51
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-39
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Diane WatsonD-CA-33
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Mazie HironoD-HI-2
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-13
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Hilda SolisD-CA-32
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-23
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-38
Rep. Hank JohnsonD-GA-4
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-4
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-31
Rep. John DingellD-MI-15
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-7
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. G.K. ButterfieldD-NC-1
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Betty SuttonD-OH-13
Rep. Doris MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7
Rep. Peter WelchD-VT
Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-20
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-34
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Kathy CastorD-FL-11
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Al GreenD-TX-9
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-30
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. John SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-17
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27
Rep. Kendrick MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-47
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-25
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-28
Rep. Steve CohenD-TN-9
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-43
Rep. Albio SiresD-NJ-13
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-5
Rep. Brian HigginsD-NY-27
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Rahm EmanuelD-IL-5
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Brad MillerD-NC-13
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. David WuD-OR-1
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Phil HareD-IL-17
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. John YarmuthD-KY-3
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. David LoebsackD-IA-2
Rep. Paul HodesD-NH-2
Rep. Carol Shea-PorterD-NH-1
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-29
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Joe CourtneyD-CT-2
Rep. Russ CarnahanD-MO-3
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. Christopher MurphyD-CT-5
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Dennis CardozaD-CA-18
Rep. John HallD-NY-19
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Allyson SchwartzD-PA-13
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-23
Rep. Bruce BraleyD-IA-1
Rep. Michael ArcuriD-NY-24
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Timothy WalzD-MN-1
Rep. Artur DavisD-AL-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Steve KagenD-WI-8
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Charles WilsonD-OH-6
Rep. Daniel LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. John SalazarD-CO-3
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-17
Rep. Ed PerlmutterD-CO-7
Rep. Joe SestakD-PA-7
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Ron KleinD-FL-22
Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-20
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-17
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4
Rep. Ben ChandlerD-KY-6
Rep. Charles MelanconD-LA-3
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Henry CuellarD-TX-28
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Stephanie Herseth SandlinD-SD
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Lincoln DavisD-TN-4
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Nancy BoydaD-KS-2
Rep. Kirsten GillibrandD-NY-20
Rep. Jerry McNerneyD-CA-11
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Patrick MurphyD-PA-8
Rep. Zack SpaceD-OH-18
Rep. Tim MahoneyD-FL-16
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Dan BorenD-OK-2
Rep. Gabrielle GiffordsD-AZ-8
Rep. Melissa BeanD-IL-8
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-4
Rep. Brad EllsworthD-IN-8
Rep. Christopher CarneyD-PA-10
Rep. Harry MitchellD-AZ-5
Rep. Jason AltmireD-PA-4
Rep. Jim MarshallD-GA-8
Rep. Heath ShulerD-NC-11
Rep. Joe DonnellyD-IN-2
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9
Rep. John BarrowD-GA-12
Republicans who voted yea(117)
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. John McHughR-NY-23
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-14
Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
Rep. Jim GerlachR-PA-6
Rep. Jon PorterR-NV-3
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-3
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-3
Rep. Randy KuhlR-NY-29- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartR-FL-25
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-4
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT
Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-7
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-9
Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-26
Rep. Vern BuchananR-FL-13
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-41
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-45
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Gus BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9- Rep. Bobby JindalR-LA-1
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. Ginny Brown-WaiteR-FL-5
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-44
Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Jo BonnerR-AL-1
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
Rep. Thelma DrakeR-VA-2
Rep. Mary FallinR-OK-5
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-3
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Kevin McCarthyR-CA-22
Rep. Peter RoskamR-IL-6
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2
Rep. David DreierR-CA-26
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2
Rep. Dean HellerR-NV-2
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Adrian SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-3
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-50
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. John SullivanR-OK-1
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Michele BachmannR-MN-6
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-14
Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-46
Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-5
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
Rep. John CampbellR-CA-48
Rep. Jeff FlakeR-AZ-6
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 245 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee
Data notes
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Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 22 actions.
- Aug 9, 2007Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 110-62.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Aug 6, 2007FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Aug 4, 2007FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Aug 3, 2007FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
- Aug 1, 2007CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 6, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
- Apr 24, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 23, 2007FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 334 - 53, 3 Present (Roll no. 246).House roll call 246
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1434.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 29, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 9, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.