To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill names the United States Postal Service facility at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, the Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building. It also provides that any reference in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, papers, or other U.S. records to that facility is deemed to refer to the new commemorative name.
The bill does not create a new postal program, change mail service, or authorize construction funding. Its practical effect is administrative and commemorative: USPS and federal records must use the new name for the existing Columbia facility.
Who Benefits and How
The family and community of Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis benefit from formal federal recognition attached to a local postal facility. Columbia residents benefit from a visible civic commemoration at the West 7th Street post office. Postal Service facility staff benefit from a clear statutory building name for signs and records. Veterans remembrance organizations benefit from another public marker honoring military service.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Postal Service facilities staff must update signage, property records, and local facility references. Federal map and records staff must treat older references to the facility as references to the new name. Postal Service budget staff may absorb modest administrative and signage costs. Users of federal records must recognize that old and new names refer to the same Columbia postal facility.
Key Provisions
- Provides the official name Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building for the USPS facility at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee.
- Requires all federal legal, map, regulatory, document, paper, and record references to that facility to be deemed references to the new name.
- Limits the bill's effect to commemorative naming and related administrative record updates.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building and deems all federal references to that facility to use the new commemorative name.
Key Policy Areas
Postal Service, Commemoration, Veterans
Primary Purpose
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building and deems all federal references to that facility to use the new commemorative name.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- John Harlan Willis family
- Columbia Tennessee residents
- Postal Service facility staff
- Veterans remembrance organizations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Postal Service facilities staff
- Federal map records staff
- Postal Service budget staff
- Federal records users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2853-2854)
Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "usps"
- → United States Postal Service
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