S. 824Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the "Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building".

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The bill renames the United States Postal Service building at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, to honor Captain Emil J. Kapaun. It requires that the facility be officially known as the “Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.” The change applies to that specific post office and any federal references to it.

Key Provisions

Designates the Herington, Kansas, post office as the “Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.”
Mandates that all federal documents, maps, regulations, and other records refer to the facility by the new name.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

March 18, 2021

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Introduced in Senate

March 18, 2021

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

March 18, 2021

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Introduced in SenateIssued March 18, 2021

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 824

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 18, 2021

Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.

Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building

(a)

Designation

The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, shall be known and designated as the Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.

(b)

References

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.