Post office in Tennessee renamed to honor Navy service member
H.R. 6808 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building". · Filed by Andrew Ogles (R-TN) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames a post office building in Columbia, Tennessee. The building is at 417 West 7th Street. It will now be called the Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building. All government records will use the new name.
Who it affects
People who use the post office in Columbia, Tennessee will see the new name. The change honors a military service member.
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 7 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Dec 17, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 17, 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”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
- Apr 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2853)”
- Apr 14, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,515 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
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