The U.S. Senate has passed the legislation honoring a 20-year-old Fall River native who was killed when a suicide bomber attacked his unit in the Afghanistan.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Friday that legislation to rename the main post office in Fall River in memory of Sgt. Robert Barrett passed in the Senate on Thursday night.
Barrett was training Afghan police officers when the suicide bomber stole a uniform, infiltrated the group he and eight other U.S. soldiers were training and launched the attack in April.
The bill was introduced in the House by Frank and co-sponsored by all members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation.
Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown sponsored the bill in the Senate.
The bill is heading to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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