S. 5060 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To redesignate the Federal building located at 212 Third Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building’’, and for other 

purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paul D. Wellstone Building 

Act of 2022’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) Paul David Wellstone was born on July 21, 1944, in 

Washington, DC, and raised in Arlington, Virginia, as the 

second child of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Leon and Minnie 

Wellstone; 

(2) Wellstone graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill— 

(A) in 1965, with a bachelor’s degree in political science; 

and 

(B) in 1969, with a Ph.D. in political science; 

(3) after earning his Ph.D., Wellstone moved to Minnesota 

to teach political science at Carleton College in Northfield, 

Minnesota, during which he became an advocate for 

marginalized communities and fought for improved healthcare, 

education, housing, and labor and human rights; 

(4) as an activist, Wellstone helped to bring attention to 

issues important to the people by protesting in favor of peace, 

civil rights, and social justice, including by standing by farmers 

and working families in their struggles; 

(5) in 1990, Wellstone extended his community activism 

during his first run for the Senate; 

(6) as an underdog, Wellstone was the only candidate to 

unseat an incumbent Senator in the 1990 election; 

(7) the grassroots campaign that was run by Wellstone 

became well-known for the green bus that he used to travel 

across Minnesota; 

(8) Senator Wellstone continued his commitment to 

activism throughout his time in the Senate, including by 

pushing for legislation that— 

(A) expanded support for mental health care coverage; 

(B) increased the Federal minimum wage; and 

(C) offered greater funding and protections for workers, 

seniors, schools, and ‘‘atomic’’ veterans; 
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(9) in 1997, Senator Wellstone traveled across the country 

on ‘‘The Children’s Tour’’ to hear from disadvantaged communities across the United States; 

(10) on October 25, 2002, at the age of 57, Senator 

Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in Minnesota along 

with his wife, daughter, and several campaign staff; and 

(11) the loss of Senator Wellstone was mourned across 

the United States, but his legacy of advocacy and candor will 

always be remembered. 

SEC. 3. PAUL D. WELLSTONE FEDERAL BUILDING. 

(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at 212 Third 

Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 

building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 

reference to the ‘‘Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.