Oscar J. Upham Post Office

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Mr. GILL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2283) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Oklahoma Avenue in Guthrie, Oklahoma, as the ``Oscar J. Upham Post Office''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: S. 2283

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. OSCAR J. UPHAM POST OFFICE.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Oklahoma Avenue in Guthrie, Oklahoma, shall be known and designated as the ``Oscar J. Upham Post Office''.

(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Oscar J. Upham Post Office''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Guthrie, Oklahoma, for Oscar J. Upham. Oscar John Jefferson Upham was a private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion and Spanish-American War, ultimately earning the Medal of Honor for his service in Peking, China, in the summer of 1900.

In addition to serving in the marines, Mr. Upham worked as a letter carrier for the Guthrie Post Office for 40 years. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service, and he died February 14, 1949, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where many of his family still live today.

I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. GILL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill naming a post office for Oscar Upham, an American military hero.

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