To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building".

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This bill is a purely ceremonial naming of a federal post office facility. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. The action falls within Congress's enumerated authority over postal services under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and raises no constitutional concerns.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 to establish post offices and post roads. Naming a specific postal facility is a routine exercise of this power and does not exceed it.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It restricts no speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search, self-incrimination, due process, trial, jury, or punishment rights.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The bill imposes no restrictions on personal liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a government building, which does not burden any individual right.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  The action is a federal naming decision for a federal facility, which is inherently a federal matter. It does not consolidate decision-making beyond the necessary level, as the facility is already under federal jurisdiction. The four-question test is satisfied because the naming of a federal building cannot be handled by individuals, local communities, or states without federal involvement.
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It is a non-arbitrary, purely ceremonial designation with no due process implications.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 8999 summary