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HB783: To designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center".

: Bill Foster (D-US) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Aug 22, 2023
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  1. 1Introduced (current step)
  2. 2Passed One Chamber
  3. 3Passed Both Chambers
  4. 4Became Law

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Summary

To designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center".

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This bill renames a Department of Energy building at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois to honor Helen Edwards. The building is currently called the Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building. Helen Edwards was a pioneering physicist and engineer who worked at Fermi Lab. The bill has been introduced in Congress and is awaiting review.

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