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S24Referred to Committee

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the "Representative Maxine Bell Post Office".

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-07
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Mike Crapo
Mike Crapo
Republican · ID · Senator
Votes with party: 76.6% (872 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Progressive Groups$250k

Full profile: /officials/C000880

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

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

  • James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2025-01-07

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 →

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-08-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsMarkup By · 2026-08-06

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-07

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the Representative Maxine Bell Post Office.

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

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 24 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the ``Representative Maxine Bell Post Office''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 7, 2025 Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Risch) 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 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the ``Representative Maxine Bell Post Office''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIVE MAXINE BELL POST OFFICE. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, shall be known and designated as the ``Representative Maxine Bell Post Office''. (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 ``Representative Maxine Bell Post Office''. <all>
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