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Version 00 · Introduced in House · 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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Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] · D–LA
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill proposes naming the United States Postal Service facility at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, the “Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building.” Federal laws and records referring to that facility would be understood to use the new name.
The facility of the United States Postal service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, shall be designated as the Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building.
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 Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building.
The supplied September 5, 2026, source snapshot records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 3, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-05T12:58:28Z. 2026-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2026-09-03: Introduced in House
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