Congress honors former Hawaii representative with post office naming
H.R. 8945 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building". · Filed by Jill Tokuda (D-HI) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Wai'anae, Hawai'i to honor U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa. The post office at 86-014 Farrington Highway will be officially called the 'U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building,' and all federal references to the facility will use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility in honor of a deceased or retired public servant. This is routine congressional commemorative legislation with no policy mechanism.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative naming with no negative civic consequences. It honors a public servant and creates no restrictions, costs, or barriers to citizens. The naming itself is a modest public recognition.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Wai'anae, Hawai'i, U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 5 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
- May 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,494 characters) on Jul 25, 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.
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As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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