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H.R. 1372119th CongressIn markupLatest action Aug 6, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building.
Introduced:
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HR 1372 renames a Knoxville, Tennessee post office building after civil rights leader Rev. Harold Middlebrook.
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This bill renames the U.S. Postal Service building at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building." Future government documents, maps, and records referring to the site must use the new name.
Residents of Knoxville who use this specific post office are directly affected, since the facility's name will change. Reverend Harold Middlebrook, a civil rights leader connected to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Knoxville community, is honored by the renaming.
The change is symbolic and administrative, altering only the building's name on paperwork and signage. It does not affect postal services, funding, operations, or policy nationwide.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.