PolicyBrief
H.R. 857
119th CongressJan 31st 2025
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building".
IN COMMITTEE

This bill designates the United States Postal Service facility at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building."

Veronica Escobar
D

Veronica Escobar

Representative

TX-16

LEGISLATION

El Paso Post Office at 4400 East Paisano Drive to be Renamed for Enedina Sanchez Cordero

This bill officially designates the United States Postal Service facility located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the “Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building.” The legislation serves as a formal renaming of the site, ensuring that all future federal maps, regulations, and official documents recognize the facility under this specific name.

Putting a Name on the Map

The primary function of this bill is administrative and ceremonial. By law, it updates every official record—from postal routes to federal property registers—to reflect the new title (Section 1). For the average resident in El Paso, the day-to-day experience of mailing a package or checking a P.O. box won’t change, but the building itself will now carry a unique local identity.

The Paper Trail

While the change is straightforward, it triggers a mandatory update across the federal bureaucracy. Any existing federal law or map that mentions the East Paisano Drive location will now be legally interpreted as referring to the Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building. This ensures that whether you are a local business owner looking up a government address or a federal employee filing paperwork, the terminology remains consistent across all official channels.