This bill designates the United States Postal Service facility at 35 South Main Street in Glendale, Utah, as the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office. It also instructs that any reference in law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records to the Glendale facility be treated as referring to the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office.
The action is ceremonial in nature and does not authorize new programs, funding, or broader policy changes. The designation is intended to create a formal, enduring name for the facility across official materials.
At a Glance
What It Does
The Glendale USPS facility at 35 South Main Street is designated the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office. In addition, all references to the facility in law, maps, regulations, documents, or records must use this designated name.
Who It Affects
USPS personnel at the Glendale facility and customers who use its services; federal and state agencies that reference the facility in official materials.
Why It Matters
It creates a formal, enduring tribute to a local law enforcement figure while standardizing the facility’s name across official materials, reducing reference ambiguity for government records and users.
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What This Bill Actually Does
The bill performs a naming action rather than a policy change. It designates the USPS facility located at 35 South Main Street in Glendale, Utah, as the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office.
That name becomes the official designation for the facility, and any reference to the Glendale post office in laws, maps, regulations, documents, or other records should be interpreted as referring to the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office. This is a ceremonial gesture that does not authorize new services, funding, or regulatory changes.
In practical terms, the Glendale post office will be identified consistently in official materials by the designated name, facilitating clear references across federal records and public-facing documents.
The Five Things You Need to Know
The Glendale USPS facility at 35 South Main Street is designated the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office.
Section 1(b) requires that all references to the facility in federal documents reflect the designated name.
The designation is ceremonial and does not authorize funding, programs, or policy changes.
The change applies specifically to this USPS location and does not rename any other facilities.
The bill contains no sunset provision and is a one-time designation.
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Designation of Glendale USPS facility
Section 1(a) designates the United States Postal Service facility at 35 South Main Street in Glendale, Utah, as the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office. This establishes the facility’s official name for all governmental and official use.
References to the post office in official records
Section 1(b) provides that any reference in law, map, regulation, document, or other record to the Glendale facility shall be deemed to refer to the Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office. This ensures consistency across all current and future official references.
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Who Benefits
- Residents of Glendale who rely on the post office and interact with the facility, benefiting from a clear, local-yet-official point of reference.
- USPS Glendale facility staff and contractors, who operate under a clearly named workplace location in communications and signage.
- Local law enforcement community and Deputy Harris’s colleagues, who gain a community-wide tribute recognized in federal documents.
- Utah community and local officials who value honoring local service and identity within federal infrastructure.
Who Bears the Cost
- Minimal signage updates at the Glendale facility to reflect the new name.
- Updates to certain federal maps, databases, and references to align with the designated name (administrative effort).
- Potential very minor costs for local businesses and directories that reference the post office in their materials.
Key Issues
The Core Tension
The core tension is between honoring a local figure through a formal naming and maintaining a lean, non-bureaucratic federal footprint. While the designation provides a lasting tribute, it also imposes a minimal administrative burden to update records and references, raising questions about when and how such symbolic acts should be pursued in federal legislation.
Ceremonial designations like this are common and carry little material policy effect beyond the naming itself. The practical implications lie in administrative updates and the need for consistent naming across maps and records, which can require small, incremental efforts by USPS and other agencies.
There is also the risk of short-term confusion as references transition to the new name, and the usual housekeeping tasks associated with renaming a public facility in official documents and signage.
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