H.R. 8999

Summary

H.R. 8999, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building", was introduced in the House on May 21, 2026 by Rep. Hillary Scholten (D) with 12 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 22, 2026: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Record

Text

H.R. 8999 has 12 co-sponsors.

119 HR 8999 IH: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the “Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building”.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-05-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8999  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 21, 2026   Ms. Scholten  (for herself,  Mrs. Dingell ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. McDonald Rivet ,  Ms. Stevens ,  Mr. Walberg ,  Mr. Moolenaar ,  Mr. Huizenga ,  Mr. Bergman ,  Mr. Barrett ,  Mrs. McClain , and  Mr. James ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the  Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building .
1.
Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building
(a)
Designation
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the  Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building .
(b)
References
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the  Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building .

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Hillary Scholten (D) sponsors H.R. 8999, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Hillary Scholten

Rep. · D–MI-3 · Sponsor

Introduced May 21, 2026

Tom Barrett

Rep. · R–MI-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Debbie Dingell

Rep. · D–MI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Bill Huizenga

Rep. · R–MI-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

John James

Rep. · R–MI-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Lisa McClain

Rep. · R–MI-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Rep. · D–MI-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

John Moolenaar

Rep. · R–MI-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

Haley Stevens

Rep. · D–MI-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 8999 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Markup By · Jul 22, 2026 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8999 has taken 4 actions since May 21, 2026, the latest on Jul 22, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8999 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8999 goes by 2 titles.

• To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building". — Official Title as Introduced
• To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building". — Display Title

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 8999, the latest on Aug 4, 2026.

• H.R. 8999, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building" — 2026-08-04As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 22, 2026

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8999 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8999 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8999’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 8999 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional tributes to Postal service.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8999, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 87 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHOLTEN:H.R. 8999.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3726]

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