Bill Details
Status
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2025-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-01-09
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would direct the U.S. Postal Service to give Fairlawn, Virginia, its own unique ZIP Code. The main reason is to help keep local tax money from being sent to the wrong place when online sales taxes are collected. Right now, Fairlawn shares ZIP Codes with the nearby independent city of Radford, which can cause sales tax revenue from Fairlawn to be misallocated. The bill says Fairlawn should have a separate ZIP Code so tax records better match the actual community and so local tax revenue is handled more accurately.
- Congress states that Virginia is different from most states because its cities are legally separate from surrounding counties.
- The bill says Fairlawn is in Pulaski County and should not be grouped with Radford for ZIP Code purposes.
- The Postal Service would have to create the new, unique ZIP Code within 180 days after the bill becomes law.
Official Summaries
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 64 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 64
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
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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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