To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This commemorative naming bill designates the United States Postal Service facility located at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building. It also provides that any reference in a federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other United States record to that facility is deemed to refer to the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building. The legal effect is limited to the official name of one local postal facility and federal records that mention it.
Who Benefits and How
Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez's family, Santa Barbara residents, California veterans organizations, local civic groups, the Santa Barbara postal facility, and military-history advocates benefit from permanent federal recognition attached to a public post office building at 130 South Patterson Avenue. The designation gives local residents and veterans communities a durable commemorative marker in federal law and records.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The United States Postal Service, Santa Barbara postal facility staff, USPS district administrative staff, signage and facilities teams, federal records managers, map publishers, and regulatory-document custodians must update the facility name, signage, forms, maps, databases, public listings, and other official references. The burden is limited, but the affected administrative offices must spend staff time implementing the rename.
Key Provisions
- Provides that the USPS facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara shall be known as the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building.
- Requires federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and other records to treat references to the facility as references to the new name.
- Adds an administrative naming duty for USPS signage, public listings, and facility records.
- Creates no new postal service, grant program, or eligibility benefit.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building and treats federal references to that facility as references to the new name.
Key Policy Areas
Postal Service, Veterans, Commemoration
Primary Purpose
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building and treats federal references to that facility as references to the new name.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez's family
- Santa Barbara residents
- California veterans organizations
- Local civic groups
- Santa Barbara postal facility
- Military-history advocates
Identified Costs
- United States Postal Service
- Santa Barbara postal facility staff
- USPS district administrative staff
- Signage and facilities teams
- Federal records managers
- Map publishers
- Regulatory-document custodians
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Carbajal introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez's family, Santa Barbara residents
Santa Barbara postal facility staff, United States Postal Service
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "facility"
- → United States Postal Service facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California
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