Law Reduce | HR3847

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, as the Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building.

#3847 | HR Congress #116

Policy Area: Government Operations and Politics

Subjects: Congressional tributes Government buildings, facilities, and property Postal service Virginia

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-233. (12/21/2020)

Bill Text Source: Congress.gov

Summary and Impacts

Original Text

Bill Summary

This legislation, titled the "Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building Act," designates the United States Postal Service facility located at 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia as the "Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building." This means that the facility will be officially named after Reverend Curtis West Harris. Any references in official documents or records to the facility will now be referred to as the "Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building." This legislation was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives and signed into law by the Speaker of the House and Vice President/President of the Senate.

Possible Impacts

1. This legislation honors the legacy of Reverend Curtis West Harris and could bring recognition and pride to his community in Hopewell, Virginia.
2. The legislation could have a financial impact on the United States Postal Service as the facility needs to be renamed and new signs and documents need to be created.
3. The designation of the post office building could potentially spark controversy or backlash from those who may not agree with the naming of a government facility after a specific individual.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3847 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3847

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
   117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, as the ``Reverend 
               Curtis West Harris Post Office Building''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REVEREND CURTIS WEST HARRIS POST OFFICE BUILDING.
    (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service 
located 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, shall be known 
and designated as the ``Reverend Curtis West Harris 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 ``Reverend 
Curtis West Harris Post Office Building''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.