Constitution Index · H.R. 10299 · 2026-09-04

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 83 East Park Street in Alamo, Tennessee, as the "Kenneth Nolen Davis Post Office".

Latest official status (2026-09-04): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Constitutional grade

A

Constitutional

This bill merely renames a federal building. It does not expand federal power, restrict any rights, or impose any burden on individuals. It is fully constitutional.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7

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Enumerated powers · passes

The federal government has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 to establish Post Offices. Naming a post office is a routine administrative action within that enumerated power.

Bill of Rights · passes

The bill does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial by jury, or cruel and unusual punishment. No provision of the Bill of Rights is implicated.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It does not command or forbid any individual action.

Decentralization · passes

Naming a federal building is a purely administrative act that cannot be handled by an individual, family, or local community without federal involvement because the building is federal property. The action does not consolidate decision-making upward beyond the minimum necessary; it is a ministerial act of the federal government over its own facility.

Due process and takings · passes

The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. No due process or takings issue arises.

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