H.R. 3870 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the “Nicky ‘Nick’ Daniel Bacon Post Office”.

Introduced:
Feb 01, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR2]
Status:
Signed by the President
Slip Law:
This bill became Pub.L. 112-221.

The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.

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Status

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on December 28, 2012.

Progress
Introduced Feb 01, 2012
Referred to Committee Feb 01, 2012
Reported by Committee Feb 07, 2012
Passed House Jul 23, 2012
Passed Senate Dec 19, 2012
Signed by the President Dec 28, 2012
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors (2R, 1D) (show)
Committees

House Oversight and Government Reform

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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Last updated Jan 01, 2012.
1 pages

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12/28/2012--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the "Nicky 'Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office."

House Republican Conference Summary

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This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/112/2/hr3870.

Background

According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, Nick Daniel Bacon stands as Arkansas’s only Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Vietnam War.  In addition, Bacon served for more than a decade as the director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, championing many programs for Arkansas’s veterans and playing an instrumental part in the erection of a memorial honoring all of Arkansas’s Medal of Honor recipients.

Summary

This legislation would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the Nicky “Nick” Daniel Bacon Post Office.

Cost

According to CBO, any costs related to new post office designations, which include the cost of changing the name on the building, signs, and maps, are not significant.

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