House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
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".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2026
- Committee actionJul 22, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7365.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “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"” on August 4, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62620
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7365, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7365
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 25, February 4, 2026, Page H2032):clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7365, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7365
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2818b59f986653b60fe94b3a407a635dd9cdff6cec8be311fb2b6b7a15a8a9ea
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7365, last updated September 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), John McGuire (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
- H.R. 7618 (119th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 785 (119th) Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
- H.R. 8052 (119th) Veteran Infection Prevention Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.