Constitution Index · H.R. 10296 · 2026-09-03

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office Building".

Latest official status (2026-09-03): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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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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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 provision of the Bill of Rights. It restricts no speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search, self-incrimination, due process, trial, jury, or punishment rights.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no restrictions on personal liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a federal building, which does not burden any individual's sovereignty.

Decentralization · passes

The action is a purely federal administrative matter regarding a federal facility. It does not consolidate decision-making upward; it is already a federal function. The four-question test is satisfied because the naming of a federal building is inherently a federal responsibility.

Due process and takings · passes

The bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It involves no adjudicative or administrative process that could implicate due process or takings protections.

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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.R. 10296, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 929 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/929. Accessed 2026-10-19.

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