Pennsylvania post office renamed to honor Robert Allen Bishop, Sr.
S. 3835 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 East Main Street in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, as the "Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building". · Filed by Dave McCormick (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a post office building in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania after Robert Allen Bishop, Sr. The facility at 10 East Main Street will officially be called the 'Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building,' and all federal references to it will use 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 post office building after a deceased or honored community member. It contains no policy, appropriations, or operational provisions—only a designation and a directive to update federal references.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative naming with no operational, financial, or policy consequences for citizens. Naming a public facility after a community member is a standard, low-cost form of civic recognition that does not harm or burden the public.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Senator Cory McCormick, Senator John Fetterman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Feb 11, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 11, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,438 characters) on Aug 20, 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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As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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