To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the "Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building".

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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      "title": "H.R. 5831, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the “Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building”",
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