Post office renamed to honor deceased Marine from New York
H.R. 10779 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 Route 112 in Medford, New York, as the "Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos Post Office Building". · Filed by Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) · 14 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill renames a post office building in Medford, New York, after Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos. It is a commemorative designation with no financial cost, no policy change, and no effect on postal operations or citizen services.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal post office building after a deceased military service member. This is routine commemorative legislation with no policy, financial, or operational content.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative designation honoring a deceased military service member. It imposes no costs on citizens, restricts no rights, and creates no new obligations. The naming itself is a modest public recognition of military service.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Medford, New York, Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos
Where it stands
14 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 6 Republicans.
- Oct 9, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 9, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,471 characters) on Oct 15, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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