North Dakota post office renamed to honor Commander Delbert Austin Olson
S. 829 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office". · Filed by Kevin Cramer (R-ND) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Mar 4, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a post office in Casselton, North Dakota, from its current designation to the 'Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office.' It is a commemorative naming that affects no operations, funding, or public policy—only the official name of the facility.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal facility after a deceased public figure. It contains no policy mechanism, appropriation, or operational change.
Who it affects
This is a non-binding commemorative designation with no fiscal, operational, or policy impact on ordinary citizens. The naming honors a public figure without cost or burden to the public.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Casselton, North Dakota, Commander Delbert Austin Olson
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Mar 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 4, 2025 — 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 (1,401 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.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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