House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-172
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4567 Rockbridge Road in Pine Lake, Georgia, as the "Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office".
Became law on Jun 13, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Committee actionOct 9, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 1, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 26, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 3, 2016
- Became lawJun 13, 2016
Latest action: Jun 13, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-172.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3274.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5770):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7, ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . Establish Post Offices and post Roads . . .'' In the Constitution, the power possessed by Congress embraces the regulation of the Postal System in the country. Therefore, the proposed legislation in naming a post office would fall under the powers granted to Congress in the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 361 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3274, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 10 Republicans, 3 Democrats
10 of 13 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Tom Graves (R-GA), Jody Hice (R-GA), John Lewis (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tom Price (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.