The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2026
HR 7365 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Jennifer A. Kiggans (R)

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".

Names a Virginia Beach post office after Colonel Edward Shames.

Tradeoff

This bill has no fiscal impact and no policy tradeoffs.

What's in it

See official bill text

Less than $500,000 in costs over the 2026-2036 period.

The less-than-$500,000 figure is the federal administrative cost to rename the post office facility; the policy itself is a symbolic designation with no programmatic impact.

H.R. 7365, a bill 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" · Aug 2026

Passed the House by on September 16, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 4, 2026)

  2. House

    Committee on Oversight and Government Reform(Feb 4, 2026)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Jul 22, 2026)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 16, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Sep 17, 2026)