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Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 521 Thorn Street in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the "Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole Post Office Building".

H.R. 1461 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 10 Republican cosponsors · See all 16 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. In Senate committee

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This bill names a specific United States Postal Service facility after a person. Specifically, it designates the post office located at 521 Thorn Street in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the Mary Elizabeth `Bettie' Cole Post Office Building. It also requires that any official government reference to this facility use the new name. The legislation was passed by the House of Representatives and then referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ultimately, it is a straightforward naming measure for a local federal building.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Would people in cities be better off under this?

    The bill provides formal recognition to a specific local facility in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

  • Scored +1

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill updates official records and documents to reflect the new name of the USPS facility.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.