Constitution Index · S. 917 · 2025-03-10

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".

Latest official status (2026-09-14): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.

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Constitutional grade

A

Constitutional

This bill simply renames a federal building. It does not expand federal power, restrict any rights, or impose any burden on individuals. It is fully constitutional.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Amendment X

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Enumerated powers · passes

Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 (Postal Power) to establish and regulate post offices. Naming a postal facility is a routine exercise of that enumerated power.

Bill of Rights · passes

The bill does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. No amendment is implicated.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a federal facility, which does not burden individual sovereignty.

Decentralization · passes

The bill passes all four questions: an individual or family could not rename a federal building (it is a federal facility), but the action is purely symbolic and does not consolidate decision-making upward in any meaningful way. It does not violate the Tenth Amendment.

Due process and takings · passes

The bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property; it does not bypass any hearing or notice; it does not take any property. No due process or takings issue arises.

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681
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: 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"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 681 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 11, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/681. Accessed 2026-10-19.

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