Hawaii post office renamed to honor sitting U.S. Representative.
S. 4830 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building". · Filed by Brian Schatz (D-HI) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Waianae, Hawaii to honor United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa. The post office building at 86-014 Farrington Highway will be officially designated the 'United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building,' and all federal references to the facility will be updated accordingly.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal post office facility after a sitting member of Congress. It contains no substantive policy changes, appropriations, or operational modifications—purely a naming designation.
What the text implies
- Naming a federal facility after a sitting officeholder sets a precedent that may encourage similar naming bills for other active members of Congress, potentially politicizing federal infrastructure naming conventions.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
This is a non-binding commemorative designation with no direct cost to citizens or impact on public services. The post office will continue to operate normally under its new name, honoring a sitting member of Congress from Hawaii.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Waianae, Hawaii, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jun 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 18, 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 (1,526 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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