Brian Schatz (D-HI)
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
A Democratic bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill names a specific post office building after United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa. The building is located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii. Once passed, any official government document, law, map, or paper will use this new name to refer to the facility. Senators Schatz and Hirono introduced the legislation in June 2026. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs later received the bill, and it was reported by Mr. Paul without any amendments.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Naming the Post Office Facility: Section 1(a) names the post office facility at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building, which honors the late representative for the people connected to the area.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Updating Official Records: Section 1(b) requires that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility shall be deemed a reference to the new name, which could create burdens in updating official paperwork and records.
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No significant interests or groups are affected by this bill.
- 9/14/2026
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
- 8/6/2026
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 6/18/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Mazie HironoDemocrat · Hawaii