HR7365Passed House

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building".

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

Failed — Did not pass vote

119th

Congress

2026-02-04

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Jennifer A. Kiggans

Republican · VA · Representative

Votes with party: 96.5% (661 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/K000399

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (10)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2026-09-16

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMarkup By · 2026-07-22

Previously

Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-04
House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-02-04

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building".

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7365 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7365 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the ``Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2026 Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the ``Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. COLONEL EDWARD SHAMES POST OFFICE BUILDING. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, shall be known and designated as the ``Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building''. (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 ``Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building''. <all>

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