,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hige  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,rosendale 7for himself1 ,mrs4
 ,miller of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,massie1    
,mr4 ,gohmert1 and ,mr4 ,van ,drew7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide ,states with the authority to   
name post offices located in the ,state1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,state    
post office naming authority  7a7 ,in   
general ,chapter #d of title #ci1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #dag4 ,state post office      
naming authority  7a7 ,in general ,a    
,state may1 in accordance with this     
section1 select the name by which any   
post office that is located in such     
,state will be known and designated4    
7b7 ,legislation required ,a ,state may 
exercise the authority under subsection 
7a7 only by legislation enacted by the  

,state4  7c7 ,references  7#a7 ,in      
general ,any reference in a law1 map1   
regulation1 document1 paper1 or other   
record of the ,united ,states to a post 
office for which a ,state selects the   
name under subsection 7a7 shall be      
deemed to be a reference to the post    
office as named by such ,state4  7#b7   
,exception ,paragraph 7#a7 does not     
apply with respect to a ,federally named
 post office4  7d7 ,limits  7#a7        
,federally named facilities ,a ,state   
may exercise the authority under        
subsection 7a7 to select the name of a  
,federally named post office only if1   
not later than #cj days prior to        
exercising such authority1 the          
legislature of such ,state submits to   
,congress a notice identifying the post 
office for which the name will be       
selected and the name by which such post
 office will be known and designated4   
7#b7 ,federal preemption  7,a7 ,in      
general ,nothing in this section shall  
be construed to limit the authority of  

the ,federal ,government to select the  
name by which a facility of the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service1 including a   
post office1 will be known and          
designated4  7,b7 ,preemption ,a        
selection by the ,federal ,government of
 the name by which a post office will be
 known and designated shall supercede   
and preempt any previous selection of   
the name of such post office by a ,state
 under subsection 7a74  7e7 ,federally  
named post office defined ,in this      
section1 the term ,federally named post 
office means a post office-- 7#a7 for   
which the ,federal ,government selects1 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the name by which such post office
 will be known and designated2 and  7#b7
 with respect to which a ,state has not 
exercised the authority under subsection
 7a7 after the latest such selection by 
the ,federal ,government4  4  7b7       
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for chapter #d of title #ci1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

adding at the end the following new     
item3  #dag4 ,state post office naming  
authority4  4