Constitution Index · S. 4830 · 2026-06-18
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-09-14): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill is a purely ceremonial naming of a federal post office facility. 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 does not implicate any 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 affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. No amendment in the Bill of Rights is implicated.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restrictions on personal conduct, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely assigns a name to a government building and does not burden any individual right.
Decentralization · passes
The naming of a federal facility is inherently a federal function because the building is owned and operated by the United States Postal Service. No lower level of government could perform this act, and the decision does not consolidate power upward beyond the necessary federal authority over its own property.
Due process and takings · passes
The bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It is a purely administrative designation with no procedural or substantive due process implications.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: S 4830 summary · fetched 2026-10-14 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · #995 | 2026-10-14 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | fc15c08f872e | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: S. 4830, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 995 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/995. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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