The record

LegislationLegislation· Jan 2025
HR 6983 Signed into law

Sponsored by Austin Scott (R)

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".

Names the Lakeland, Georgia, post office at 15 South Valdosta Road after Nell Patten Roquemore.

Tradeoff

Renames one federal post office building in Lakeland, Georgia. The bill does not add any federal spending.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed the bill 369-2 on June 3, 2024. The Senate passed it by on December 19, 2024, and it became law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 11, 2024)

  2. House

    Committee on Oversight and Accountability(Jan 11, 2024)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Feb 6, 2024)

  4. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #234 · Jun 3, 2024)

    369 yeanay 2
  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jun 4, 2024)

  6. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Sep 25, 2024)

  7. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 19, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 27, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Jan 2, 2025)

Final passage· Jun 3, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025