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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, a...

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Introduced 2025-02-27
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Officially: “To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the William J. Donovan Post Office Building. Read the full text

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What it does

The bill would rename the United States Postal Service facility at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the William J. Donovan Post Office Building. Every future reference to this facility in laws, maps, regulations, and other government records would use the new name.
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1William J. Donovan Post Office Building

This section would designate the United States Postal Service facility at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building." It would also state that any reference to that facility in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States is to be treated as a reference to the William J. Donovan Post Office Building.

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1. William J. Donovan Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, shall be known and designated as the William J. Donovan 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 William J. Donovan Post Office Building .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-27

In the House.

Passed the House · 2026-04-14
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
27
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. (2026-08-06).