House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-159
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the "Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building".
Became law on Aug 10, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2011
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2012
- Passed HouseJun 28, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 1, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 3, 2012
- Became lawAug 10, 2012
Latest action: Aug 10, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-159.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3276.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7160):Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3276, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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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
23 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 5 Democrats
18 of 23 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Connie Mack (R-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rivera (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor.
- H.Res. 722 (112th) Expressing support for designation of July as National Sarcoma Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3215 (112th) Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act
- H.R. 3482 (112th) Tax Crimes and Identity Theft Prevention Act
- H.J.Res. 89 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 480 (112th) Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011
- H.Res. 548 (112th) Acknowledging the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) as a driving factor in the world economy and the contributions of…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.