The bill honors a local law enforcement figure and enhances community recognition, while imposing only modest administrative costs on postal and local authorities.
Local governments, postal workers, and rural communities receive a named federal landmark honoring Deputy Samuel Kent Brownlee, providing local recognition and a boost to civic pride.
The U.S. Postal Service and local agencies must make minor administrative updates (maps, signage, records) to reflect the new name, creating small implementation costs for postal workers and local governments.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Designates the USPS facility at 3344 11th Avenue in Evans, Colorado, as the "Deputy Samuel Kent Brownlee Post Office" and requires federal references to use that name.
Official title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3344 11th Avenue in Evans, Colorado, as the "Deputy Samuel Kent Brownlee Post Office".
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Gabe Evans · Last progress May 13, 2025
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 3344 11th Avenue in Evans, Colorado, as the "Deputy Samuel Kent Brownlee Post Office." It also clarifies that any federal references to that facility (in laws, maps, regulations, documents, or records) should use the new name. The change is purely a commemorative renaming of a specific USPS facility and does not create new programs, spending, or regulatory requirements.