AI-assisted analysis based on the official CRS summary. Source version: Aug 1, 2025. Analysis updated: Sep 17, 2026.
01 — The Text
What.
- The bill designates a specific USPS facility located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee with a new official name.
- The designated name is the 'Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building'.
- This is a commemorative naming designation for an existing postal facility.
02 — The Stakes
So what?
- The bill establishes an official name for the postal facility; typical effects of such designations are limited to commemorative and ceremonial purposes.
- No documented operational, budgetary, or staffing changes are specified in the official summary.
03 — The Path
Now what?
- House passed the bill by voice vote under suspension of rules on December 9, 2025.
- Senate received and referred the bill to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 10, 2025.
- Senate committee ordered the bill reported without amendment on August 6, 2026.
- Senate committee reported the bill without amendment on September 14, 2026, and it was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar.
Legislative History
Actions.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Dec 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Dec 9, 2025 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5099)
- Dec 9, 2025 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5099)
- Dec 9, 2025 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1372.