House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-207
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3585 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the "Marvin Gaye Post Office".
Became law on Jul 24, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Committee actionMar 15, 2018
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 28, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 12, 2018
- Became lawJul 24, 2018
Latest action: Jul 24, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-207.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1496.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 42, March 10, 2017, Page H2053):Article I, Section 8, clause 7 provides Congress with the power to establish post offices and post roadsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1496, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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
72 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 59 Democrats
13 of 72 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and 42 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass.
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- H.Res. 187 (115th) Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan.
- H.R. 4998 (115th) Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act
- H.Res. 314 (115th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system…
- H.Res. 914 (115th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system…
- H.R. 6805 (115th) Pregnant Women in Custody Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.