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HR8999Referred to Committee

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building".

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-05-21
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Hillary J. Scholten
Hillary J. Scholten
Democrat · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 93.4% (527 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001221

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (12)

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

  • Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)Original· 2026-05-21
  • John James (R-MI-10)Original· 2026-05-21
  • John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Tim Walberg (R-MI-5)Original· 2026-05-21
  • Tom Barrett (R-MI-7)Original· 2026-05-21

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2026-05-21

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-05-21

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz 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

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8999 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8999 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the ``Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. McClain, and Mr. James) 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 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the ``Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ELL THOMAS SIMANTZ POST OFFICE BUILDING. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the ``Ell Thomas Simantz 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 ``Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building''. <all>
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