S3444Referred to Committee
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-12-11
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Richard J. Durbin
Democrat · IL · Senator
Votes with party: 80.3% (859 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/D000563
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2026-08-06
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsMarkup By · 2026-08-06
Previously
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-12-11
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-12-11
Plain-English Summary
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
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Subjects
Government Operations and Politics
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3444 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3444 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the ``Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 11, 2025 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the ``Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. BERNIE BLUESTEIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, shall be known and designated as the ``Bernie Bluestein 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 ``Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building''. <all>
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