Texas post office renamed to honor fallen federal agent
S. 917 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office". · Filed by John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Mar 10, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in McAllen, Texas to honor Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr., a federal agent. The renamed post office will be called the 'Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office,' and all official 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 as a memorial to a deceased federal agent. This is routine commemorative legislation with no policy, regulatory, or financial mechanism.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no negative civic consequences. It honors a federal agent and creates no burden on citizens, restrictions on rights, or public expense beyond routine administrative name-change processing.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, McAllen, Texas, Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr., 620 East Pecan Boulevard
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Mar 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 10, 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 (1,422 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.
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As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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