Constitution Index · H.R. 10141 · 2026-08-24
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4450 Oak Park Lane in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "United States Representative Kay Granger Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-08-24): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill simply names a federal post office building after a former member of Congress. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. The action is a routine exercise of Congress's authority over federal property under the Postal Clause, and it raises no constitutional concerns.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
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Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has explicit authority to establish post offices and post roads under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. Naming a postal facility is a minor and direct exercise of that power. The bill does not exceed this enumerated authority.
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, trial, jury, or cruel punishment rights. It is purely a naming designation.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restriction on any person's use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates the name of a government building. There is no burden on individual freedom.
Decentralization · passes
The naming of a federal post office is inherently a federal function because the facility is federal property. No lower level of government could plausibly handle this designation. The action does not consolidate decision-making upward beyond the necessary minimum; it is a routine administrative act by the federal government over its own facility.
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 new procedures or penalties. There is no due process or takings issue.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HR 10141 summary · fetched 2026-10-09 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · #596 | 2026-10-11 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 7d05cbff00ef | current |
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