HR1830-119

Passed House

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office.

119th Congress Introduced Dec 10, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

This commemorative naming bill designates the United States Postal Service facility located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office. It also provides that any reference in a federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other United States record to that postal facility is deemed to refer to the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office. The bill does not create a new postal program or funding stream; it changes the official federal name of one local facility and requires federal records to follow that name.

Who Benefits and How

Commander Delbert Austin Olson's family, Casselton residents, North Dakota veterans groups, local civic organizations, the Casselton post office, and community-history advocates benefit from permanent federal recognition attached to a public postal facility at 840 Front Street. The designation gives local and veterans communities a formal commemorative reference point in federal records.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The United States Postal Service, Casselton postal facility staff, USPS district administrative staff, signage and facilities teams, federal records managers, map publishers, and regulatory-document custodians must update facility names, signage, maps, records, public-facing references, and internal systems. The burden is narrow and administrative, but it still requires staff time and recordkeeping coordination.

Key Provisions

  • Provides that the USPS facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota shall be known as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office.
  • Requires federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and other records to treat references to the facility as references to the new name.
  • Adds a commemorative naming obligation for USPS signage, facility records, and public references.
  • Creates no new postal service, benefit program, or appropriated funding stream.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office and treats federal references to that facility as references to the new commemorative name.

Key Policy Areas

Postal Service, Veterans, Commemoration

Primary Purpose

Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office and treats federal references to that facility as references to the new commemorative name.

Policy Domains

Postal Service Veterans Commemoration

Substantive provisions

Identified Gains
  • Commander Delbert Austin Olson's family
  • Casselton residents
  • North Dakota veterans groups
  • Local civic organizations
  • Casselton post office
  • Community-history advocates
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Casselton residents:
Casselton post office:
Local civic organizations:
Community-history advocates:
North Dakota veterans groups:
Commander Delbert Austin Olson's family:
Identified Costs
  • United States Postal Service
  • Casselton postal facility staff
  • USPS district administrative staff
  • Signage and facilities teams
  • Federal records managers
  • Map publishers
  • Regulatory-document custodians
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Map publishers:
Federal records managers:
Signage and facilities teams:
United States Postal Service:
Regulatory-document custodians:
Casselton postal facility staff:
USPS district administrative staff:

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 10, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …

Dec 10, 2025 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Mar 4, 2025

Ms. Fedorchak introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

General Public
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Casselton residents, Commander Delbert Austin Olson's family

Government
2 mentions across 1 clause
-2 negative

Casselton postal facility staff, United States Postal Service

Nonprofits
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

North Dakota veterans groups

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Postal Service Veterans Commemoration
Actor Mappings
"facility"
→ United States Postal Service facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota

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