H.R. 10253 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".
Cosponsors: 5 (1 D, 4 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14
Introduced: 2026-09-03
Latest action (2026-09-03): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
What H.R. 10253 does, in plain terms
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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Graded 2026-10-11
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This bill merely designates a United States Postal Service facility in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the 'Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building.' It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. The action falls within Congress's enumerated authority over post offices under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and it does not raise any constitutional concerns.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
Congress has explicit constitutional authority to establish post offices and post roads under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. Naming a postal facility is a routine exercise of that power and does not exceed it. -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
The bill does not implicate any provision of the Bill of Rights. It does not affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The bill imposes no restrictions on individual action. It merely names a government building and does not affect any person's life, liberty, or property. -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
The bill does not consolidate decision-making upward. It is a purely ceremonial designation of a federal facility, which is inherently a federal matter. The naming of a post office does not involve any transfer of authority from individuals, localities, or states to the federal government. -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, and it does not take any private property. It does not affect any procedural or substantive due process rights.
Sources: Congress.gov: HR 10253 summary
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