Virginia post office renamed to honor Patricia Paige
S. 4623 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office". · Filed by Mark Warner (D-VA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in New Kent, Virginia to the 'Patricia Paige Post Office.' It is a commemorative naming with no financial cost, no operational change, and no impact on postal services or citizen rights.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility after an individual. This is a standard commemorative act with no policy, regulatory, or financial mechanism.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative naming with zero cost to citizens and no operational impact. The bill honors a person (presumably a local figure or community member) without restricting rights, raising taxes, or creating obligations. Commemorative legislation of this type is a mild public good—it is a form of civic recognition on the public record.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, New Kent, Virginia, Patricia Paige
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- May 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 21, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,324 characters) on Aug 20, 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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