House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-212
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building".
Became law on Jul 29, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2016
- Committee actionMay 17, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 14, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 19, 2016
- Became lawJul 29, 2016
Latest action: Jul 29, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-212.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ASHFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 59, April 18, 2016, Page H1802):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have power . . . to establish Post Offices and Post Roads.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4975
- 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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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Ashford.
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.