Fairfax post office renamed to honor Congressman Connolly
H.R. 6332 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building". · Filed by James Walkinshaw (D-VA) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Fairfax, Virginia to the 'Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building.' The facility at 10660 Page Avenue will henceforth be officially known by that name, and all federal references to it will automatically update. No funds are appropriated, no operational changes are made.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility in honor of a public servant. It contains no regulatory, appropriations, or operational provisions—only a designation and a directive to update all federal references accordingly.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no direct cost or benefit to citizens. The facility continues to operate normally; no public resources are diverted, no rights are restricted, and no private interests are enriched at public expense. Naming a federal building after a public servant is a routine, low-cost form of civic recognition.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, Fairfax, Virginia
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats.
- Dec 1, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 1, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 2”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4386)”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Sessions moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $28,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 16 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
James Walkinshaw, the sponsor, reported $964,818 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association of Postal Supervisors — $28,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 2, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,384 characters) on Jul 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 2, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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