Texas post office renamed to honor former Amarillo mayor
S. 2394 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building". · Filed by Ted Cruz (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Amarillo, Texas (located at 505 East 9th Avenue) to the 'Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building.' The renaming is purely ceremonial and has no operational, financial, or policy effect—it updates all federal references to use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility after a deceased local official. This is routine congressional commemoration with no policy, financial, or operational substance.
Who it affects
Renaming a public facility after a deceased local public servant is a routine, low-cost civic honor. It imposes no burden on citizens, restricts no rights, and carries no hidden costs. The public is unaffected operationally.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Amarillo, Texas, Mayor Jerry H. Hodge
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 23, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,381 characters) on Aug 20, 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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