Texas post office renamed to honor Chief Zeb Smith
S. 58 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office". · Filed by Ted Cruz (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Fritch, Texas to the 'Chief Zeb Smith Post Office.' It is a commemorative designation with no financial cost, no operational change, and no impact on postal services or citizen rights.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a postal facility after Chief Zeb Smith. It is a standard commemorative designation with no regulatory, fiscal, or operational mechanism.
Who it affects
This is a routine commemorative naming with zero fiscal or operational impact on citizens. It honors a local figure without restricting rights, raising costs, or creating public burden. The civic benefit is modest but real: public commemoration of a named individual.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Fritch, Texas, Chief Zeb Smith
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jan 9, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jan 9, 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 (1,312 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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