June 18, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 102 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 3314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, known as the Postal Clause, empowers Congress: 
     To establish Post Offices and post Roads.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. In addition, Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2, provides: The Congress shall have Power 
     to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so 
     construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular State.
       The Postal Clause, an express Constitutional duty imposed 
     upon Congress, carries with it the right to establish post 
     offices, and with that right, is the concomitant right to 
     operate, name, design, refurbish, and staff such post 
     offices. This bill simply seeks to name a post office. The 
     Property Clause further buttresses the plenary right of 
     Congress to manage its properties, including implementing 
     ``needful'' rules and regulations,

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     which would include the ability to name a federal building.