S. 2640: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.

S. 2640: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-13 · Commemorations · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-442.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-442. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on July 13, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building." Authorizes the Postmaster General to enter into an agreement with the Office of Veterans' Services of the State of Nevada under which the Office agrees to install, maintain, and update a plaque to be displayed at such Building. Requires the plaque to include inscriptions containing the names, ranks, branches of service, hometowns, and dates of death of those men and women of Nevada who have lost their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in the global war on terrorism and in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Official text

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2640.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s2640 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108