Pennsylvania post office renamed to honor Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole
H.R. 1461 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 521 Thorn Street in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the "Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole Post Office Building". · Filed by Chris Deluzio (D-PA) · 16 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames a post office building in Sewickley, Pennsylvania from its current designation to the 'Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole Post Office Building.' The bill updates all federal references to reflect the new name. No funding, operational changes, or policy effects are involved.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility after a named individual. This is routine commemorative legislation with no policy, financial, or operational content.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no adverse civic effect. Citizens retain all existing postal services and protections; the renaming itself is a neutral administrative act that may honor a local figure or community member.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole
Where it stands
16 cosponsors: 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats.
- Feb 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 2”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5097)”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,340 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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