Post Office Naming and Designations
This group contains bills whose sole purpose is to rename specific United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities to honor historical figures, local leaders, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and military service members.
H.R. 1008: Designates the USPS facility at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building".
H.R. 1009: Designates the USPS facility at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the "Paul Piperato Post Office Building".
H.R. 1372: Designates the USPS facility at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building".
H.R. 1431: Designates the USPS facility at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1 in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office".
H.R. 1706: Designates the USPS facility at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building".
H.R. 1830: Designates the USPS facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".
H.R. 2175: Designates the USPS facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the "Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building".
H.R. 2466: Designates the USPS facility at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, as the "Jay P. Larson Post Office Building".
H.R. 323: Designates the USPS facility at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".
H.R. 3350: Designates the USPS facility at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the "Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building".
H.R. 3393: Designates the USPS facility at 12208 North 19th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Officer Zane T. Coolidge Post Office".
H.R. 4635: Designates the USPS facility at 890 East 152nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Technical Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter Post Office Building".
H.R. 4662: Designates the USPS facility at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".
H.R. 4707: Designates the USPS facility at 1019 Avenue H in Fort Madison, Iowa, as the "Martin L. Graber Post Office".
H.R. 5058: Designates the USPS facility at 46164 Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia, as the "Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building".
H.R. 5773: Designates the USPS facility at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
H.R. 5831: Designates the USPS facility at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the "Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building".
H.R. 6020: Designates the USPS facility at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr. Post Office Building".
H.R. 6247: Designates the USPS facility at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the "Mayor Ed Honea Memorial Post Office".
H.R. 6310: Designates the USPS facility at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building".
H.R. 6317: Designates the USPS facility at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
H.R. 6332: Designates the USPS facility at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".
H.R. 6808: Designates the USPS facility at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".
H.R. 6995: Designates the USPS facility at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the "Jeremy Malone Post Office".
H.R. 7809: Designates the USPS facility at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building".
S. 24: Designates the USPS facility at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the "Representative Maxine Bell Post Office".
S. 58: Designates the USPS facility at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".
S. 829: Designates the USPS facility at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".
S. 917: Designates the USPS facility at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office".
S. 2394: Designates the USPS facility at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building".
S. 2432: Designates the USPS facility at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".
S. 3270: Designates the USPS facility at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building".
S. 3294: Designates the USPS facility at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".
S. 3331: Designates the USPS facility at 50 East 100 North in Moab, Utah, as the "2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office".
S. 3373: Designates the USPS facility at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building".
S. 3444: Designates the USPS facility at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
S. 3630: Designates the USPS facility at 46164 Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia, as the "Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building".
S. 3835: Designates the USPS facility at 10 East Main Street in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, as the "Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building".
S. 4052: Designates the USPS facility at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office".
S. 4523: Designates the USPS facility at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office".
S. 4623: Designates the USPS facility at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
S. 4745: Designates the USPS facility at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building".
S. 4830: Designates the USPS facility at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
Resolutions and Commemorations
This category includes resolutions that formally recognize historical events, honor groups or individuals for extraordinary achievements, express condolences, or authorize internal congressional/legal actions.
H. Res. 1478:
Purpose: Expresses the sense of the House regarding the Simele Massacre of 1933 and promotes human rights and atrocity prevention.
Key Provisions: Recognizes historical US condemnations of atrocities; commemorates the victims of the Simele Massacre (August 1 to September 16, 1933); rejects denial of the massacre; encourages public education on the event and its modern relevance.
S. Res. 817:
Purpose: Authorizes en bloc consideration in Executive Session for multiple nominations on the Executive Calendar.
Key Provisions: Lists 72 executive branch nominations, ambassadors, and board/commission appointments (such as the National Labor Relations Board) for consideration.
S. Res. 833:
Purpose: Tributes and honors the 1960 University of Missouri Tigers Football Team.
Key Provisions: Commemorates their undefeated season and Orange Bowl victory; honors head coach Dan Devine and standout players; celebrates values of discipline and teamwork.
S. Res. 838:
Purpose: Commemorates the first anniversary of a mass shooting at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Key Provisions: Honors victims; commends the bravery of responding soldiers, first responders, and community supporters; expresses support for the affected military community.
S. Res. 840:
Purpose: Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to assist in a legal investigation.
Key Provisions: Permits the Senate Legal Counsel to provide testimony and represent current/former employees of Senator Elizabeth Warren's office in connection with a U.S. Attorney criminal threat investigation while protecting constitutional Senate privileges.
Government Accountability, Transparency, and Operations
These bills focus on modernizing administrative processes, expanding oversight, increasing government transparency, and managing federal regulations.
S. 164 (Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025):
Purpose: Streamlines congressional oversight and disapproval of final-year presidential regulations.
Key Provisions: Permits en bloc consideration of joint resolutions of disapproval for "midnight rules" submitted during the final year of a President's term.
S. 1735 (Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act):
Purpose: Increases visibility and tracking for government permit applications.
Key Provisions: Requires covered federal agencies to host a webpage displaying application stages, stage durations, current status, review contacts, and estimated timelines.
S. 252 (Guidance Out of Darkness Act / GOOD Act):
Purpose: Standardizes and simplifies public access to federal agency guidance documents.
Key Provisions: Directs the OMB Director to designate a single internet website where all federal agency guidance documents must be centrally published, categorized, maintained, and marked if rescinded.
S. 2542 (Federal Building Threat Notification Act):
Purpose: Improves emergency preparedness and communication protocols in federal buildings.
Key Provisions: Directs the Federal Protective Service to develop standard operating procedures for informing federal tenants of violent threats and crisis response, designate safety officials, conduct testing, and report annually to Congress.
S. 2732:
Purpose: Strengthens cost-savings suggestions programs across the federal government.
Key Provisions: Requires agencies to review surplus salaries and expenses funds identified by employees and transfer them to the general Treasury fund; establishes employee cash award programs; prohibits senior-level executives from receiving these specific cash awards.
S. 2733:
Purpose: Reduces legislative duplication and overlap across federal initiatives.
Key Provisions: Requires the Comptroller General to analyze reported bills/resolutions for duplicative features; mandates CBO to include these findings in cost estimates; requires publication of overlap data on the GAO website.
S. 4505:
Purpose: Expands mail service accessibility by designating unique ZIP codes for specific communities.
Key Provisions: Mandates the USPS to establish a single, unique ZIP code for 75 specified communities across various states and territories within one year of enactment.
S. 5163 (No Bonuses for Bad Service Act):
Purpose: Holds USPS executive leadership financially accountable for delivery performance.
Key Provisions: Prohibits bonus payments to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General if the USPS fails to meet or exceed a 95% on-time mail delivery target for market-dominant products.
Labor, Workforce, and Federal Employees
These measures target federal workers' compensation, workforce data tracking, federal retirement adjustments, and federal contracting rules.
H.R. 5235:
Purpose: Removes rigid educational barriers in federal contracting solicitations to increase vendor flexibility.
Key Provisions: Prohibits federal agencies from listing minimum education requirements in contract solicitations unless backed by written justification; requires OMB guidance, a GAO compliance evaluation, and repeals section 813 of the Floyd D. Spence NDAA.
S. 3211 (Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act):
Purpose: Addresses staffing shortages and data tracking for direct support professionals (DSPs).
Key Provisions: Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a distinct, separate code for direct support professionals within the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
S. 4513 (Multigenerational Caregiving Data Act):
Purpose: Improves national data collection regarding unpaid multigenerational caregiving.
Key Provisions: Requires a major federal population survey (such as the ACS or Current Population Survey) to include questions identifying multigenerational caregivers within three years; mandates cognitive testing, field testing, and a report to Congress.
S. 4530:
Purpose: Adjusts retirement parameters for specific federal personnel.
Key Provisions: Increases the mandatory retirement age range for members of the Capitol Police and applicable federal retirement systems from age 60 to an adjustable window between 57 and 62 years old.
S. 3296:
Purpose: Expands health provider recognition under federal workers' compensation.
Key Provisions: Amends Chapter 81 of Title 5 to allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide covered medical services and documentation for injured federal workers within their state-defined scopes of practice.
Postal Service Operations and Infrastructure
Bills addressing local postal logistics, physical boundary frameworks, and financial agreements.
S. 3175 (Community Involvement in Zone Improvement Plans Act / CIPZIP Act of 2025):
Purpose: Encourages local government collaboration to offset the costs of ZIP code changes.
Key Provisions: Establishes a 7-year pilot program allowing the USPS to accept funds, property, or services from state, local, or Tribal governments to cover boundary change expenses; outlines formal denial and appeal workflows.
Taxes, Healthcare, and Social Programs
Provisions impacting healthcare costs, pharmacy supply chains, savings accounts for individuals with disabilities, and education support.
H.R. 10044:
Purpose: Addresses the economic and employment disruptions of artificial intelligence while generating public revenue.
Key Provisions: Imposes an excise tax on foundation model artificial intelligence token usage; establishes a Work Protection Administration within the Department of Labor to manage a jobs grant program; sets up a dedicated Treasury trust fund.
H.R. 5334:
Purpose: Expands tax advantages for early childhood educators.
Key Provisions: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow early childhood (pre-kindergarten) educators to utilize the educator expense deduction alongside K-12 teachers, effective for taxable years after December 31, 2024.
H.R. 6500 (AGOA Extension Act):
Purpose: Extends trade benefits and customs fee frameworks.
Key Provisions: Extends duty-free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for eligible African nations through December 31, 2028; extends customs user fees and merchandise processing fees through December 31, 2031.
S. 4492 & S. 4493 & S. 4498:
Purpose: Expands, protects, and streamlines ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts for individuals with disabilities.
Key Provisions:
Provides matching federal payments up to $2,000 for qualified ABLE contributions, indexed for inflation.
Explicitly legalizes and protects the use of direct deposit for contributing to ABLE programs without restriction.
Makes expiring ABLE provisions permanent, repeals 529-to-ABLE rollover limits, allows third-party trust contributions without penalty, and expands employer contribution accessibility.
S. 4504:
Purpose: Strengthens the full-service community school program to support disadvantaged students.
Key Provisions: Authorizes ramping funding appropriations from $500 million in fiscal year 2027 up to $1 billion by 2031; mandates support for integrated student supports, expanded learning time, and active family/community engagement frameworks.
S. 4509:
Purpose: Eliminates anti-competitive vertical integration structures in the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Key Provisions: Prohibits common ownership or control between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) or insurance companies and retail pharmacies; mandates business divestment within one year; institutes civil penalties, profit escrows, and private rights of action.
S. 4512 (Affordable Insulin Now Act of 2026):
Purpose: Lowers out-of-pocket costs for essential insulin therapies.
Key Provisions: Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover selected insulin products without deductibles or cost-sharing requirements, applying updates to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
S. 4483 (Promoting Access to Local Agriculture Act of 2026):
Purpose: Simplifies vendor enrollment for agricultural producers under federal nutrition programs.
Key Provisions: Directs the USDA to establish a streamlined single application or data-sharing system for farmers and ranchers participating in SNAP and the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, alongside standardized transaction technology.
Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure Regulations
Bills regulating environmental standards, disaster resilience, public safety, and energy sector materials.
S. J. Res. 209:
Purpose: Uses congressional disapproval to block an environmental regulatory mandate.
Key Provisions: Formally disapproves and voids the EPA rule titled 'California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision', rendering it without legal force or effect.
S. 388 (Promoting Resilient Buildings Act):
Purpose: Enhances structural resilience against natural disasters.
Key Provisions: Updates small impoverished community definitions using modern consensus-based building codes under the Stafford Act; establishes a FEMA-administered residential retrofit and resilience pilot grant program for financially needy homeowners.
S. 4495 (Reactors at Risk Act of 2026):
Purpose: Evaluates military and security threats facing nuclear infrastructure.
Key Provisions: Mandates an unclassified report within 120 days detailing security dangers to nuclear reactors located in regions experiencing or prone to armed conflict (including specific assessments involving Russia, India, Pakistan, and North Korea).
S. 4529 (Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act of 2026):
Purpose: Streamlines supply chain logistics for non-critical nuclear plant structures.
Key Provisions: Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to initiate rulemaking permitting commercial-grade steel and concrete use in non-safety-related nuclear power plant structures, unless strict material standards are proven vital for national security or safety.
Defense, National Security, and Law Enforcement
Measures governing national security transparency, military records preservation, immigration restrictions, and agency support animal programs.
S. 3226 (Bring Our Heroes Home Act):
Purpose: Centralizes historical files regarding missing military personnel and civilians.
Key Provisions: Establishes a Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Collection at the National Archives; mandates expeditious agency transmission and public disclosure of related files under legislative oversight.
S. 4526 (No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act):
Purpose: Expands immigration restrictions and deportation grounds for close relatives of international terrorists and hostile foreign actors.
Key Provisions: Classifies close family members (spouses, children, parents, siblings) of designated global terrorists, state sponsors of terrorism, and foreign adversaries as inadmissible; institutes enhanced screening requirements and annual reporting mandates for visa revocations and removals.
S. 4079 (Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act / PEARL Act):
Purpose: Enhances mental health support resources for border personnel.
Key Provisions: Establishes a 3-year pilot program within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to rescue, adopt, and train dogs from local animal shelters as support animals for CBP personnel.
Science, Space, Education, and Research Funding
Bills promoting national research investments, literacy programs, and commercial spaceflight oversight.
S. 434:
Purpose: Establishes advisory structures for commercial activities beyond Earth.
Key Provisions: Establishes the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee (15 appointed members) to advise on commercial space developments, international obligations, radio frequency spectrum access, export controls, and celestial environmental protection best practices.
S. 4494 (American Cures Act):
Purpose: Prioritizes and guarantees long-term funding expansions for national biomedical research.
Key Provisions: Authorizes mandatory annual funding starting in 2027 for the NIH ($52.5B), CDC ($10.2B), DOD Health Program Research ($2.9B), and VA Medical Research ($1.8B), indexed to the Consumer Price Index; exempts these funds from budget sequestration and PAYGO rules.
S. 4689:
Purpose: Strengthens national student literacy and early reading outcomes.
Key Provisions: Supports state educational agencies in implementing science of reading-aligned instruction; enhances teacher preparation, coaching, and professional collaboration; promotes early screening for learning difficulties like dyslexia and funds competitive literacy improvement grants.
S. 3266:
Purpose: Provides dedicated financial and trademark support for academy athletics.
Key Provisions: Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a non-profit corporation to support United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) athletic programs; grants trademark and service mark licensing authority; permits the retention of game guarantees, ticket revenue, and NCAA distributions.