Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
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".
A Republican bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 18 cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill proposes to officially name a specific United States Postal Service facility. The facility is located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas. Under this proposal, the building would be known as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building." The bill also ensures that any existing official records or documents referring to this facility will use the new name.
Yes
- Scored +1
Would people in cities be better off under this?
The bill provides official designation for a specific facility located in the city of Amarillo.
- Scored +1
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The bill designates a specific local landmark in Amarillo, Texas, providing official recognition to a facility in a smaller community.
- Scored +1
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill provides clarity for official records by ensuring the USPS facility is formally identified by its new name.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Official Designation: The bill designates the USPS facility at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building" (Section 1, subsection a). This provides a specific name for the facility.
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Consistency in Records: The bill ensures that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility will be treated as a reference to the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building" (Section 1, subsection b). This provides clarity for official documentation and records.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill designates a specific local landmark in Amarillo, Texas, providing official recognition to a facility in a smaller community. Would people in cities be better off under this? — The bill provides official designation for a specific facility located in the city of Amarillo.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill provides clarity for official records by ensuring the USPS facility is formally identified by its new name.
- 12/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 8/29/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/29/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/23/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- 15 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
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