Illinois post office renamed to honor fallen service member
S. 3373 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building". · Filed by Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Plainfield, Illinois, after Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr., a military service member. The renamed building will be officially known as the 'Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr. Post Office Building,' and all federal references to the facility will automatically update to use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal postal facility in honor of a deceased military service member. This is routine commemorative legislation with no regulatory, financial, or policy mechanism.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no adverse civic impact. It honors a military service member and creates no new costs, restrictions, or burdens on the public. The renaming is a modest form of public recognition for military service.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Plainfield, Illinois, Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Dec 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Dec 4, 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”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,472 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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