119-hr279

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 279 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 279

 To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, 
 unique ZIP Code for Fairlawn, Virginia, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 A BILL

 To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, 
 unique ZIP Code for Fairlawn, Virginia, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ZIP CODE FOR FAIRLAWN, VIRGINIA.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) the Commonwealth of Virginia is the only State in the 
 United States where all cities are independent from their 
 surrounding counties;

    (2) these independent cities are not politically a part of 
 the surrounding counties, even if they are located within their 
 borders;

    (3) in Virginia these independent cities are subject to 
 separate revenue collection and distribution practices related 
 to roads, resources, and sales tax than neighboring counties;

    (4) the sales tax collected from electronic commerce from 
 the unincorporated community of Fairlawn, Virginia, located in 
 Pulaski County, is often misallocated to the independent city 
 of Radford, Virginia, because they share the same ZIP Codes; 
 and

    (5) Fairlawn, Virginia, should be eligible to obtain a 
 separate and unique ZIP Code from the neighboring independent 
 city of Radford, Virginia, for tax purposes.

    (b) ZIP Code Designation.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall 
designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.
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