[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 195 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 195

 To provide States with the authority to name post offices located in 
                   the State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

Mr. Rosendale (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide States with the authority to name post offices located in 
                   the State, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATE POST OFFICE NAMING AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 417. State post office naming authority
    ``(a) In General.--A State may, in accordance with this section, 
select the name by which any post office that is located in such State 
will be known and designated.
    ``(b) Legislation Required.--A State may exercise the authority 
under subsection (a) only by legislation enacted by the State.
    ``(c) References.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to a post 
        office for which a State selects the name under subsection (a) 
        shall be deemed to be a reference to the post office as named 
        by such State.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect 
        to a Federally named post office.
    ``(d) Limits.--
            ``(1) Federally named facilities.--A State may exercise the 
        authority under subsection (a) to select the name of a 
        Federally named post office only if, not later than 30 days 
        prior to exercising such authority, the legislature of such 
        State submits to Congress a notice identifying the post office 
        for which the name will be selected and the name by which such 
        post office will be known and designated.
            ``(2) Federal preemption.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Nothing in this section shall be 
                construed to limit the authority of the Federal 
                Government to select the name by which a facility of 
                the United States Postal Service, including a post 
                office, will be known and designated.
                    ``(B) Preemption.--A selection by the Federal 
                Government of the name by which a post office will be 
                known and designated shall supercede and preempt any 
                previous selection of the name of such post office by a 
                State under subsection (a).
    ``(e) Federally Named Post Office Defined.--In this section, the 
term `Federally named post office' means a post office--
            ``(1) for which the Federal Government selects, after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the name by which such post 
        office will be known and designated; and
            ``(2) with respect to which a State has not exercised the 
        authority under subsection (a) after the latest such selection 
        by the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 4 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``417. State post office naming authority.''.
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