H.R. 9929 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".
Cosponsors: 35 (29 D, 5 R, 1 other) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14
Introduced: 2026-07-23
Latest action (2026-07-23): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
What H.R. 9929 does, in plain terms
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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Graded 2026-10-14
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This bill is a routine naming of a federal building. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or burden individuals. It passes all constitutional checks with no issues.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
The federal government has authority over the United States Postal Service under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which grants Congress the power to establish post offices. Naming a specific post office building is a ministerial act within that enumerated power. -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
The bill does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It does not infringe any provision of the first ten amendments. -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The bill imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for an existing federal facility, leaving all individual freedoms untouched. -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
The bill passes all four questions: (1) an individual or family could not handle naming a federal building, but that is not a burden—it is a symbolic act; (2) a local community could not rename a federal building without federal action; (3) a state could not rename a federal building; (4) the action does not consolidate decision-making upward beyond the minimum necessary, as federal naming of fede… -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. It provides no punishment, no hearing requirement, and no arbitrary government action. Due process and takings clauses are not engaged.
Sources: Congress.gov: HR 9929 summary
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