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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3662 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 20, 2012 

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

AN ACT 

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 

located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office 

Building’’. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lieutenant Ryan Pat3 rick Jones Post Office Designation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) First Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones volun7 teered to serve the United States in the Army. 

8 (2) Lieutenant Jones earned his rank, the 

9 Army Achievement Medal, the Purple Heart, the 

10 Bronze Star, the Iraqi Freedom Medal, the Combat 

11 Action Badge, and the War on Terrorism Badge 

12 through his dedication to the highest ideals of the 

13 United States. 

14 (3) Lieutenant Jones chose from a young age 

15 to generously volunteer his talents to his community, 

16 and was recognized with academic, social, and ath17 letic leadership positions throughout his life. 

18 (4) Lieutenant Jones committed himself to ex19 cellence in all aspects of his life, including earning 

20 a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in civil 

21 and environmental engineering. 

22 (5) While earning his engineering degree at 

23 Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Lieutenant Jones 

24 was awarded a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

25 scholarship. 


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1 (6) Lieutenant Jones faithfully and expertly led 

2 his fellow soldiers as a platoon leader in the Army’s 

3 First Infantry Division while deployed to Iraq in 

4 2007. 

5 (7) Lieutenant Jones made the ultimate sac6 rifice for the United States on May 2, 2007, when 

7 he was killed in action by an improvised explosive 

8 device set by the enemy. 

9 (8) Lieutenant Jones’ life of service, courage, 

10 and honor was made possible by his dedicated par11 ents, Mr. Kevin Jones and Mrs. Elaine Jones, who 

12 reside in Westminster, Massachusetts. 

13 (9) Mr. and Mrs. Jones organized the shipment 

14 of supplies to soldiers serving alongside their son, 

15 thereby supporting the morale of the members of the 

16 Armed Forces. 

17 (10) Before entering combat, Lieutenant Jones 

18 made arrangements to ensure that his life insurance 

19 policy proceeds would become a scholarship fund to 

20 benefit others, a request that Mr. and Mrs. Jones 

21 fulfilled. 

22 (11) Lieutenant Jones is remembered by his 

23 family, his friends, and the people of the United 

24 States as a role model for his fellow citizens to emu25 late. 


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1 (12) Lieutenant Jones’ spirit of generosity has 

2 been commemorated by organizations ranging from 

3 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the Boston 

4 Celtics. 

5 (13) It is fitting that the life of Lieutenant 

6 Jones should be further memorialized for future gen7 erations by naming the post office in Westminster, 

8 Massachusetts, in his honor. 

9 SEC. 3. LIEUTENANT RYAN PATRICK JONES POST OFFICE 

10 BUILDING. 

11 (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 

12 Postal Service located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, 

13 Massachusetts, shall be known and designated as the 

14 ‘‘Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building’’. 

15 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg16 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

17 States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 

18 be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant Ryan Pat19 rick Jones Post Office Building’’. 

Passed the Senate December 19, 2012. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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