To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”

Act Details

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1995-02-23 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 104 United States Congress by Joel M. Hefley in relation with: Colorado, Commemorations, Government operations and politics, Names, Postal facilities.

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office” became law (1) in the United States on 1995-11-03. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Government Reform and Oversight (HSGO)

Sponsor

Joel M. Hefley, member of the US congress
Joel M. Hefley, Republican, Representative from Colorado, district 5

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Wayne Allard, Senator, from Colorado
Scott Mcinnis, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 3
Daniel Schaefer, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 6
Patricia Scott Schroeder, Democrat, Representative, from Colorado
David Evans Skaggs, Democrat, Representative, from Colorado, district 2

Act Overview

Number: 1026 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office” (4)
Date First Introduced: 1995-02-23
Sponsor Name: David Evans Skaggs
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1995-11-03
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Government operations and politics
Related Bills: (8)
s1292-104, Reason: identical, Type: bill
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Text of the To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”

Designates the U.S. Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs Colorado as the Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office” are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”)
[Note 4] To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1995-02-23) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”, go to THOMAS.

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Colorado
Commemorations
Government operations and politics
Names
Postal facilities

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 201 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office”