Constitution Index · H.R. 10114 · 2026-08-17
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15642 Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine, California, as the "Mary Kageyama Nomura Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-08-17): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill simply names a federal post office building after an individual. 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.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
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The five checks
Enumerated powers · passes
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 that authority and does not exceed it.
Bill of Rights · passes
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, takings, trial rights, jury rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It is purely a naming designation.
Individual liberty · passes
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 affect individual rights or require justification under a compelling government interest.
Decentralization · passes
The action is a federal naming of a federal facility, which is inherently a federal function. It does not consolidate decision-making beyond the necessary level, as the federal government owns and operates the facility. The four-question test is satisfied: individuals, local communities, and states cannot name federal post offices, and the action does not shift power upward beyond the federal role in postal services.
Due process and takings · passes
The bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take property without just compensation. It provides no penalties, no adjudication, and no deprivation of rights. Procedural and substantive due process are not implicated.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HR 10114 summary · fetched 2026-10-14 · official page ↗
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| A · #936 | 2026-10-14 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 322922ca9359 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.R. 10114, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15642 Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine, California, as the "Mary Kageyama Nomura Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 936 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/936. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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