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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at Tall Timbers Village Square, United States Route 19 South, in Thomasville, Georgia, as the "Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at Tall Timbers Village Square, United States Route 19 South, in Thomasville, Georgia, as the ``Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station''.

Introduced Oct 1, 1998

Latest action (Oct 13, 1998) Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

Referred to
Postal Service Subcommittee Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Commemorations
Legislative subjects (6)
CongressCongressional tributesGeorgiaGovernment Operations and PoliticsNamesPostal facilities

Summary

This Act designates the United States Postal Service facility located at Tall Timbers Village Square, United States Route 19 South, in Thomasville, Georgia, as the "Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station." All references to the facility in federal laws, regulations, maps, documents, and other records shall be updated to use the new name.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Sanford D. Bishop’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • AFLAC, INC. $12,000
  • PHOEBE PUTNEY $10,900
  • LOTUS LANDS $9,900
  • NULL $9,550
  • JORDAN-BLANCHARD CAPITAL, LLC $9,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sanford D. Bishop → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Oct 13, 1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service. · house
  2. Oct 1, 1998 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. · house
  3. Oct 1, 1998 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8999 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building". · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HR 6310 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building. · Passed House Aug 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HR 2260 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 West Main Street in Radford, Virginia, as the "Richard H. Poff Post Office Building". · Introduced Mar 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HR 4919 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 765 West Old Route 66 in Ash Fork, Arizona, as the "Fayrene Hume Post Office". · Introduced Aug 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 8225 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office". · Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 2141 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 409 South Hicks Street in Lawrenceville, Virginia, as the "James Solomon Russell Post Office". · Introduced Mar 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 1, 1998

Mr. Bishop introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

A BILL

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at Tall Timbers Village Square, United States Route 19 South, in Thomasville, Georgia, as the “Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

The facility of the United States Postal Service located at Tall Timbers Village Square, United States Route 19 South, in Thomasville, Georgia, is hereby designated as the “Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station”. Any reference to such facility in a law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the “Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station”. <all>

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