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HR9570Passed House

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-07-02
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett
Republican · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 96.3% (668 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Veterans$5,099k
  • Progressive Groups$100k

Full profile: /officials/B001321

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (12)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)Original· 2026-07-02
  • John James (R-MI-10)Original· 2026-07-02
  • John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)Original· 2026-07-02
  • Tim Walberg (R-MI-5)Original· 2026-07-02

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate.

2026-09-17

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMarkup By · 2026-07-22

Previously

  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-07-02

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9570 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9570 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the ``Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2026 Mr. Barrett (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Huizenga, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Scholten, Mrs. McClain, and Mr. James) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the ``Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FRANCIS C. FLAHERTY POST OFFICE BUILDING. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the ``Francis C. Flaherty 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 ``Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building''. <all>
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