United StatesBill would name a Virginia Beach post office for Colonel Edward Shames
The Postal Service building at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, would be officially named the Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building if this bill becomes law.
What it does
The post office at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach would be officially named the Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building.
Federal laws, maps, and records that mention the building would be treated as referring to it by the new name.
Argument forA named post office could give the community a lasting, public way to honor Colonel Edward Shames.
Argument againstTreating every federal record as using the new name might briefly confuse people who know the building by its old description or address.
More detail
Congress would name the Postal Service building at 1225 Kempsville Road the Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building. It covers one post office building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The bill must pass the Senate and become law before the name takes effect.
Any federal law, map, regulation, or record that mentions the building would be treated as using the new name. It applies to references to this one building in United States records.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 17Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Latest
- Sep 16Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5931-5932)
- Sep 16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7365.
- Sep 16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5931)Passed House
- Sep 16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 22Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 22Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 4Introduced in House
- Feb 4Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Introduced
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