To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill renames a United States Chancery building in Pristina, Kosovo, as the Eliot L. Engel Building. The designation applies to the building located at Arberia, Nr. 25 Rr. 4 KORRIKU. It also provides the standard legal reference rule: any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other United States record that refers to the building is deemed to refer to the Eliot L. Engel Building.
Who Benefits and How
Eliot L. Engel's legacy benefits from formal naming recognition at a U.S. diplomatic building in Kosovo. U.S. Embassy Pristina benefits from a legally settled building name for records and signage. Kosovo-focused diplomatic communities benefit from recognition of a former Member associated with U.S.-Kosovo relations. Federal property managers benefit because the reference clause tells them how to update official records.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State Department facility staff must update signage, property records, maps, and internal references. U.S. Embassy Pristina administrative staff must use the new name in documents. Federal records managers must treat older references as references to the Eliot L. Engel Building. The bill does not create programmatic costs beyond renaming administration.
Key Provisions
- Provides the U.S. Chancery building in Pristina with the legal name Eliot L. Engel Building.
- Requires federal legal, map, regulatory, document, paper, and record references to use the new name.
- Directs State Department property records and signage to follow the statutory designation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates the United States Chancery building at Arberia, Nr. 25 Rr. 4 KORRIKU in Pristina, Kosovo, as the Eliot L. Engel Building and deems all federal references to that building to use the new name.
Key Policy Areas
Diplomacy, Federal Property, Kosovo
Primary Purpose
Designates the United States Chancery building at Arberia, Nr. 25 Rr. 4 KORRIKU in Pristina, Kosovo, as the Eliot L. Engel Building and deems all federal references to that building to use the new name.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Eliot L. Engel legacy advocates
- U.S. Embassy Pristina
- Kosovo diplomatic community
- State Department property managers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State Department facility staff
- U.S. Embassy Pristina administrative staff
- Federal records managers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "state"
- → Department of State
- "embassy"
- → U.S. Embassy Pristina
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