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Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building".

H.R. 7365 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 5 Democratic cosponsors · See all 10 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

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Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. In Senate committee

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This bill names a specific United States Postal Service facility after Colonel Edward Shames. The building is located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Once the bill goes into effect, this location will be officially known as the Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building. Any official government records, laws, or maps that mention this facility must use the new name. The House of Representatives passed the bill on September 16, 2026. It was then sent to the Senate and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill honors a Colonel through a post office name designation, which is a positive symbolic gesture for the veteran community.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.