United StatesBill would name the Xenia, Ohio post office the Gil Whitney Post Office Building
If it becomes law, the U.S. Postal Service building at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, would be officially named the Gil Whitney Post Office Building.
What it does
The post office at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, would be officially known as the Gil Whitney Post Office Building.
Federal laws, maps, and records that mention the building would be treated as naming the Gil Whitney Post Office Building.
Argument forA formal name could honor Gil Whitney in a public place that residents use, and the reference rule keeps federal records consistent with the new name.
Argument againstChanging the name in federal records could mean updated signs and paperwork, and the text does not say who would pay for that.
More detail
Congress would designate the Postal Service facility at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the Gil Whitney Post Office Building. This applies to that one Postal Service facility.
Any federal law, map, regulation, document, or record that refers to the facility would be read as referring to the Gil Whitney Post Office Building. This covers references to that same facility in records of the United States.
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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, as amended.
- Sep 16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5935)
- Sep 16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8193.
- Sep 16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.Passed House
- Sep 16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H5935)
- Sep 16The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 29Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 29Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 2Introduced in House
- Apr 2Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Introduced
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