Require the Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to notify the appropriate Member of Congress about proposed geographic name changes affecting their district.

Vicente Gonzalez · Texas · Democratic

policy impact 0.45 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Evidence

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The Committee Repository lists a September 2, 2026 Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 9779 and names Vicente Gonzalez as a witness.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The most recent concrete official activity found was a House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on Gonzalez's H.R. 9779, not enactment or final adoption of the notification requirement.

unresolved same_term A for effort

U.S. House Committee Repository: Legislative hearing including H.R. 9779
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Introduced by Mr. Vicente Gonzalez and referred to Natural Resources; Sec. 3 says the committee “shall notify each Member of Congress.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill contains the promised notification requirement, but the official text shows it as introduced and referred, meaning the requirement had not become binding law in this record.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9779, Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026, introduced bill text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

Gonzalez introduced H.R. 9779 on July 20, 2026, and Section 3 contains the promised requirement for the Domestic Names Committee to notify affected Members of Congress. The bill received a Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on September 2, 2026, which is a serious legislative effort by the candidate during the same federal term. But the record shows only introduction, referral, and hearing activity, not House passage, Senate passage, enactment, or binding administrative adoption. As of September 8, 2026, the promised notification requirement had not been delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%