House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-381
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building".
Became law on Dec 21, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2018
- Committee actionSep 27, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2018 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2018
- Became lawDec 21, 2018
Latest action: Dec 21, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-381.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6780.
- 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 (Vol. 164, No. 152, September 12, 2018, Page H8171):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 September 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 359 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6780, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6780
- 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
25 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 10 Democrats
15 of 25 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2002 (115th) Florida Coastal Protection Act
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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.