S. 917 (119th)Bill Overview

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".

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Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This bill designates the United States Postal Service facility at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the “Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr.

Why people may split

All personas largely supportive; disagreements are minor and procedural.

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly and specifically accomplishes a single, limited commemorative naming and includes an appropriate references clause.

This bill designates the United States Postal Service facility at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the “Agent Raul H.

Gonzalez Jr.

Memorial Post Office.” It also states that any official reference to that facility shall use the new name.

Passage90/100

Narrow, noncontroversial renaming with negligible fiscal impact historically succeeds, though it needs floor action in both chambers.

CredibilityAligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly and specifically accomplishes a single, limited commemorative naming and includes an appropriate references clause.

Contention5/100

All personas largely supportive; disagreements are minor and procedural.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Local governmentsLikely burdened

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Local governmentsProvides local community recognition and memorialization of a person connected to the area.
  • Local governmentsHonors an individual's service and formalizes federal recognition at a local public facility.
  • Local governmentsMay increase civic pride and local ceremonial activities around the renamed facility.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenRequires USPS to purchase and install new signage, imposing small administrative costs.
  • Potential burdenRepresents congressional time spent on a symbolic naming instead of substantive legislative work.
  • Potential burdenMay encourage proliferation of commemorative namings, increasing administrative record-keeping burden.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

All personas largely supportive; disagreements are minor and procedural.
Progressive90%

Likely views the bill as a simple, honorable recognition of a public servant from the community.

Because it contains no policy changes, most objections would be minor and procedural.

If the honoree's record were controversial, critics might ask for more information, but the bill itself is narrowly focused.

Leans supportive
Centrist85%

Seen as a low-stakes, customary congressional action to name a federal building.

Supporters will emphasize local respect; opponents, if any, would focus on process or precedent.

Overall it is administratively simple and unlikely to require major negotiation.

Leans supportive
Conservative95%

Generally supportive as a community-focused, honorary recognition of a presumably law-enforcement figure.

Viewed as appropriate use of congressional naming authority with no regulatory impact.

Concerns, if any, would be limited to process or local sentiment, not policy.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

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Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood90/100

Narrow, noncontroversial renaming with negligible fiscal impact historically succeeds, though it needs floor action in both chambers.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Potential objections to the honoree's record
  • No cost estimate or formal CBO score included
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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All personas largely supportive; disagreements are minor and procedural.

Narrow, noncontroversial renaming with negligible fiscal impact historically succeeds, though it needs floor action in both chambers.

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly and specifically accomplishes a single, limited commemorative naming and includes an appropriate references clause.

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