HR5773-119

What This Bill Does

This bill names one postal facility. It designates the United States Postal Service facility at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building. It also provides that any reference in a federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record to that facility is deemed to be a reference to the Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building.

The bill does not change postal rates, staffing, delivery routes, or USPS operations beyond the commemorative designation. Its effect is legal and administrative: federal references to the Palatine facility must use the new name, and USPS must implement signage and records updates consistent with the designation.

Who Benefits and How

Bernie Bluestein's family benefits from formal federal recognition connected to the Palatine postal facility. Palatine residents benefit from a local commemorative designation that associates the facility with a named honoree. USPS facility managers benefit from clear statutory naming authority. Local veterans and civic groups may benefit from a public memorial if the honoree's service is recognized through the building name.

Who Bears the Burden and How

USPS facility managers must update signage, facility records, and internal references to the renamed building. USPS administrative staff must ensure maps, documents, and future references use the new name. Federal recordkeepers must treat references to the Palatine facility as references to the Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building. The bill imposes no new compliance duties on postal customers.

Key Provisions

• Provides the name Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building for the USPS facility at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois.
• Requires federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and records to treat references to the facility as references to the new name.
• Provides that postal services, staffing, rates, and delivery operations remain unchanged by the commemorative naming.