Constitution Index · H.R. 10429 · 2026-09-16

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, as the "Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Building".

Latest official status (2026-09-16): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Constitutional grade

A

Constitutional

This bill is a purely ceremonial naming of a federal post office building. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. It is fully consistent with the Constitution.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7

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Enumerated powers · passes

The federal government has explicit authority over the postal service under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which grants Congress the power to 'establish Post Offices and post Roads.' Naming a specific post office facility is a routine exercise of this enumerated power 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, seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It is purely a designation of a building name.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no restriction on any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely names a federal facility and has no effect on individual liberty or autonomy.

Decentralization · passes

The action is a federal naming of a federal facility, which is inherently a federal function. It does not consolidate decision-making upward because the facility is already federal property and the naming is a ministerial act. The four-question test is satisfied: individuals, local communities, and states cannot name federal facilities, and the action does not shift authority from lower levels of government.

Due process and takings · passes

The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take any private property. It does not affect procedural or substantive due process rights. It is a simple naming designation with no legal consequences for any individual.

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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.R. 10429, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, as the "Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 916 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/916. Accessed 2026-10-19.

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