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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 195 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide States with the authority to name post offices located in the |
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| 6 | 6 | | State, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OSENDALE(for himself and Mrs. MILLERof Illinois) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ac- |
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| 12 | 12 | | countability |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide States with the authority to name post offices |
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| 15 | 15 | | located in the State, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. STATE POST OFFICE NAMING AUTHORITY. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) I |
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| 20 | 20 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 39, United 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | lowing new section: 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘§ 417. State post office naming authority 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—A State may, in accordance with 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | this section, select the name by which any post office that 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | is located in such State will be known and designated. 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(b) LEGISLATIONREQUIRED.—A State may exer-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | cise the authority under subsection (a) only by legislation 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | enacted by the State. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | EFERENCES.— 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | N GENERAL.—Any reference in a law, 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the United States to a post office for which a State 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | selects the name under subsection (a) shall be 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | deemed to be a reference to the post office as named 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | by such State. 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 44 | 44 | | XCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | apply with respect to a Federally named post office. 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(d) L |
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| 47 | 47 | | IMITS.— 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(1) F |
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| 49 | 49 | | EDERALLY NAMED FACILITIES .—A State 14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | may exercise the authority under subsection (a) to 15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | select the name of a Federally named post office 16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | only if, not later than 30 days prior to exercising 17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such authority, the legislature of such State submits 18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to Congress a notice identifying the post office for 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | which the name will be selected and the name by 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | which such post office will be known and designated. 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 58 | 58 | | EDERAL PREEMPTION .— 22 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 60 | 60 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this sec-23 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion shall be construed to limit the authority of 24 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the Federal Government to select the name by 25 |
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| 66 | 66 | | which a facility of the United States Postal 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Service, including a post office, will be known 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and designated. 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 70 | 70 | | REEMPTION.—A selection by the 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Federal Government of the name by which a 5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | post office will be known and designated shall 6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | supercede and preempt any previous selection of 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the name of such post office by a State under 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | subsection (a). 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(e) F |
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| 77 | 77 | | EDERALLYNAMEDPOSTOFFICEDEFINED.— 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | In this section, the term ‘Federally named post office’ 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | means a post office— 12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(1) for which the Federal Government selects, 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | name by which such post office will be known and 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | designated; and 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(2) with respect to which a State has not exer-17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | cised the authority under subsection (a) after the 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | latest such selection by the Federal Government.’’. 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (b) C |
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| 88 | 88 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 20 |
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| 89 | 89 | | for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 21 |
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| 90 | 90 | | by adding at the end the following new item: 22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘417. State post office naming authority.’’. |
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