,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,griffith introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to direct the ,united ,states 
,postal ,service to designate a single1 
unique ,,zip ,code for ,fairlawn1       
,virginia1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,,zip code for ,fairlawn1 ,virginia  7a7
 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of
 ,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,commonwealth
 of ,virginia is the only ,state in the 
,united ,states where all cities are    
independent from their surrounding      
counties2  7#b7 these independent cities
 are not politically a part of the      
surrounding counties1 even if they are  
located within their borders2  7#c7 in  
,virginia these independent cities are  
subject to separate revenue collection  
and distribution practices related to   
roads1 resources1 and sales tax than    
neighboring counties2  7#d7 the sales   

tax collected from electronic commerce  
from the unincorporated community of    
,fairlawn1 ,virginia1 located in        
,pulaski ,county1 is often misallocated 
to the independent city of ,radford1    
,virginia1 because they share the same  
,,zip codes2 and  7#e7 ,fairlawn1       
,virginia1 should be eligible to obtain 
a separate and unique ,,zip code from   
the neighboring independent city of     
,radford1 ,virginia1 for tax purposes4  
7b7 ,,zip code designation ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,united     
,states ,postal ,service shall designate
 a single1 unique ,,zip ,code applicable
 to ,fairlawn1 ,virginia4