Ohio post office renamed for Ulysses S. Grant, his birthplace
S. 4745 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building". · Filed by Jon Husted (R-OH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Georgetown, Ohio to the 'Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building.' The facility is located at 201 East Grant Avenue. The bill requires all federal references to the facility to use the new name going forward. No one is harmed or benefited financially; this is a commemorative naming.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility after a historical figure. It contains no regulatory, appropriations, or policy mechanism—only a designation and a directive to update references.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative naming with no adverse civic effect. Citizens are not harmed, and the naming honors a historical figure with local significance (Grant's birthplace is Georgetown, Ohio). The bill imposes no costs, restrictions, or burdens on the public.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Georgetown, Ohio, Ulysses S. Grant, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jun 10, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 10, 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 (1,372 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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