House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To require the United States Postal Service to establish new ZIP codes, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DIAZ-BALART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 156, September 20, 2018, Page H8738):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6846, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6846
- 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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.
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- H.R. 6072 (115th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 377 (115th) Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017
- H.R. 6113 (115th) To establish new ZIP codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 916 (115th) Honoring Las Damas de Blanco as the recipient of the 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.
- H.Res. 650 (115th) Recognizing the results of the free and fair elections for the new Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands held on…
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.