Shomari Figures (D-AL)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office".

H.R. 6006 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 5 Republican cosponsors · See all 13 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 the Tuskegee Airmen. The building is located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama. Once the bill passes, the facility will be officially designated as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office. Any official government record, map, or law that refers to this location will use the new name. The House of Representatives passed this measure, and it was sent to the Senate for further action.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would Black Americans be better off under this?

    The bill honors the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, who were African American military pilots.

  • Scored +2

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill honors military veterans by designating a memorial post office.

  • Scored +2

    Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?

    Memorializing the Tuskegee Airmen recognizes the contributions of African American military pioneers.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.