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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 226
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique
ZIP Code for Fairlawn, Virginia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 2021
Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. ZIP CODE FOR FAIRLAWN, VIRGINIA.
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(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
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gress that—
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(1) the Commonwealth of Virginia is the only
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State in the United States where all cities are inde-
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pendent from their surrounding counties;
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(2) these independent cities are not politically a
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part of the surrounding counties, even if they are lo-
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cated within their borders;
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(3) in Virginia these independent cities are sub-
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ject to separate revenue collection and distribution
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practices related to roads, resources, and sales tax
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than neighboring counties;
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(4) the sales tax collected from electronic com-
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merce from the unincorporated community of
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Fairlawn, Virginia, located in Pulaski County, is
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often misallocated to the independent city of
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Radford, Virginia, because they share the same ZIP
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Codes; and
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(5) Fairlawn, Virginia, should be eligible to ob-
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tain a separate and unique ZIP Code from the
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neighboring independent city of Radford, Virginia,
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for tax purposes.
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(b) ZIP CODE DESIGNATION.—Not later than 180
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days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
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United States Postal Service shall designate a single,
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unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.
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