H.R. 304 designates the United States Postal Service facility at 290 NW Peacock Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida, as the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building. The designation creates an official name for the facility and requires that references to the facility in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records reflect the designated name.
There are no provisions for funding, operational changes, or broader policy shifts tied to the designation.
At a Glance
What It Does
Designates the USPS facility at 290 NW Peacock Boulevard in Port St. Lucie, Florida as the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building. It also instructs that references to the facility in federal law or records be treated as referring to the designated building.
Who It Affects
USPS Port St. Lucie facility and its staff; federal record-keeping offices that reference USPS facilities; local government, contractors, and others who use the building’s official name in maps, documents, or signage.
Why It Matters
Establishes a formal memorial designation across federal records, ensuring consistent naming. The change is ceremonial with no fiscal impact or operational alteration.
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What This Bill Actually Does
The bill is a narrowly scoped, ceremonial act. It designates the USPS facility at 290 NW Peacock Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida, as the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building.
In addition to naming the facility, the bill requires that any reference to this USPS location in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records be treated as referring to the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building. There are no changes to how the post office operates, no funding is provided, and no broader policy shifts accompany the designation.
In practice, the bill simply standardizes the building’s official name across federal documentation, signage, and references.
The Five Things You Need to Know
The facility at 290 NW Peacock Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida is designated as the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building.
Section 1(a) creates the official designation for the specified USPS facility.
Section 1(b) requires that references in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records use the designated name.
The bill does not authorize funding or alter operations, governance, or policy beyond the designation.
No explicit effective date is provided in the bill.
Section-by-Section Breakdown
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Designation of the facility
Section 1(a) establishes the official name of the United States Postal Service facility located at 290 NW Peacock Boulevard in Port St. Lucie, Florida as the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building. This creates a formal, ceremonial designation that identifies the facility by a specific name in all federal references.
References in law and records
Section 1(b) directs that any reference in law, maps, regulations, documents, papers, or other records to the designated USPS facility be deemed to refer to the Trooper Zachary Fink Post Office Building. This ensures consistency across federal documentation without changing the facility’s operations.
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Who Benefits
- USPS Port St. Lucie facility and its staff, who gain a formal, easily cited designation for the facility in official communications.
- Federal property-management and records offices that catalog USPS facilities, which will reference the renamed building in their records.
- Local government entities, contractors, and residents who rely on official naming in maps, permits, signage, and community documents.
- Public-facing agencies and navigational references that point to the Port St. Lucie post office.
Who Bears the Cost
- No funding is provided in the bill; thus there is no explicit financial cost to taxpayers.
- USPS administrative staff may experience minor, routine workload to update internal records and references to reflect the new designation.
- Federal agencies maintaining cross-reference documents may incur minimal, administrative overhead to align references with the designated name.
Key Issues
The Core Tension
Balancing ceremonial memorialization with the practical need to maintain consistent naming across federal records without creating unfunded administrative obligations.
The bill is intentionally narrow, creating a ceremonial designation with no accompanying fiscal provisions or policy changes. While it standardizes the building’s name across federal references, it does not alter how the post office operates or how funds are allocated.
The primary policy question is whether adding a memorial designation in federal records carries any downstream administrative or cataloging impacts that could ripple into cross-referenced databases or maps.
The central tension lies in memorialization versus administrative uniformity. While naming a facility honors a person, it also requires ongoing maintenance of naming consistency across federal documents and systems.
This kind of designation typically imposes a small administrative burden to update references, but provides no direct budgetary impact or service change.
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