Constitution Index · H.R. 6006 · 2025-11-10
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office".
Latest official status (2026-09-17): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 squarely within Congress's enumerated authority over postal services under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and the Tenth Amendment is not implicated because the facility is already federally owned and operated. The bill raises no due process or takings concerns.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Amendment X
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Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has explicit constitutional authority to establish post offices and post roads under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. Naming a federal post office facility is a routine exercise of that authority. The bill does not attempt to regulate beyond this enumerated power.
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 cruel punishment. It is purely a designation of a building name.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restriction on any person's use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely names a government building. No individual right is burdened, and no compelling justification is needed because no restriction exists.
Decentralization · passes
The action concerns a federal facility operated by the United States Postal Service, which is a federal entity. Naming a federal building is inherently a federal decision. The four-question test is satisfied: an individual or local community could not name a federal facility, a state could not name a federal facility, and the action does not consolidate decision-making upward because the facility is already federal. The Tenth Amendment is not violated because the federal government is acting within its enumerated postal power.
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 any legal rights or procedures. No due process or takings issue arises.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HR 6006 summary · fetched 2026-10-07 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
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| A · #897 | 2026-10-14 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 920dc8a1c537 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.R. 6006, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 897 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/897. Accessed 2026-10-20.
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