H.R. 10253House bill · 119th CongressIn committeeGovernment Operations and Politics

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".

Sponsored byTroy A. CarterD-LA-2Introduced Sep 3, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

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What it does

Congressional Research Service, Sep 3, 2026

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".

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  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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esme_watcherDemoCA-28voted Yea6d ago
Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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PlainsVoterDemoIL-7voted Yea7d ago
What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The committee report would settle it either way.
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SierraTrailDemoCA-12voted Yea8d ago
I'd support this and still say the effective date is optimistic. Everything downstream of it assumes agencies move faster than they do. None of that is settled by the summary.
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grantwoodDemoVA-4voted Yea10d ago
The cost estimate assumes full compliance, and full compliance never happens. That gap is where these things go wrong. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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n_farhadiDemoMO-4voted Nay8d ago
Support, without enthusiasm. A narrow fix now beats a comprehensive one that never arrives. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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notmyfirstrodeoDemoCO-1voted Yea7d ago
Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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RedRiverRonDemoNJ-17d ago
Agreed on substance, disagreed on timing. Doing this badly now makes doing it well later harder.
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adaeze_oDemoTX-6voted Yea7d ago
Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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yusuf.aDemoCA-28voted Nay6d ago
The reporting requirements are the useful part. You can't argue about something nobody is required to measure. It'll come down to what the agency does with it.
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BudgetHawk88DemoUT-3voted Yea9d ago
Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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kwame.abadiDemoFL-13voted Nay9d ago
My hesitation is the absence of a sunset. Authorities that never expire never get re-examined either. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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pine_ledgerDemoCT-3voted Yea6d ago
Support, without enthusiasm. A narrow fix now beats a comprehensive one that never arrives. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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yusuf.aDemoCA-28voted Nay6d ago
Where are you reading that? I've been through the summary twice and can't find it.
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AnnaLeeCDemoCA-38voted Yea7d ago
The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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arthur_readerDemoAZ-4voted Yea8d ago
In favour. The transparency provisions alone justify it, and they're the hardest part to undo later. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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kwame.ibarraDemoLA-2voted Nay8d ago
The pilot-programme framing is the part I'd watch. Pilots have a way of becoming permanent at the next reauthorisation. The same objection applied to the last version and went unanswered.
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