# 117-s-566: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the "Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office".

117-s-566, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the "Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office"., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI); status became_law (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-s-566
- Congress: 117
- Title: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the "Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office".
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2021-03-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**Ceremonial renaming** honors Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte by naming the United States Postal Service facility at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island the 'Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office'. The change is purely ceremonial and does not alter the building's location, postal operations, governance, or funding. Federal laws, maps, regulations, and records must refer to the facility by its new name.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2021-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 432 | 0 |

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## Sources
- [117-s-566 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/566)

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- [117-s-475: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-475)
- [117-s-1404: Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-1404)
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