Post office in New York renamed for a Marine
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 names a post office building after Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos. The building is in Medford, New York. The name change does not cost money. It does not change how the post office works.
Who it affects
People in Medford, New York use that post office. They will see the new name on the building.
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”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Gunnery Sergeant — A rank in the Marine Corps, a branch of the military.
- post office — A building where the government delivers and sells mail services.
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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