House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-224
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the "Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office".
Became law on Jan 2, 2025.
Sponsor: Rep. Austin Scott R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2024
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2024 · 369–2
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 2, 2025
Latest action: Jan 2, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 118-224.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6983.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6983, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office”” on February 28, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60028
- CBO publication date
- February 28, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6983, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6983, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office” on September 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60791
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6983, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de146794da43d968debe4bda6c6b18c533a93a8473ea250ca45ad80f86d9f4e9
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H108):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the ``Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 237 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6983, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de146794da43d968debe4bda6c6b18c533a93a8473ea250ca45ad80f86d9f4e9
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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.