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The bill provides symbolic recognition of a local figure by renaming a federal building, delivering local and institutional honor at the cost of only modest administrative expenses and no policy changes.
Local community members and United States Postal Service employees gain a federal building named for Wallie Howard Jr., preserving local heritage and publicly recognizing a local figure.
Taxpayers and Postal Service staff may face minor administrative costs (signage, records updates) from the renaming despite no substantive policy or funding changes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Officially names the USPS facility at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, NY, the Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building.
Official title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, as the "Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building".
Introduced November 18, 2025 by John W. Mannion · Last progress November 18, 2025
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, as the "Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building" and requires that any federal reference to that facility be understood to use the new name. The measure is purely a ceremonial renaming of a single federal postal facility and does not create new programs, funding, or regulatory requirements.