To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office".
Latest action · Sep 14, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 14, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 18, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2025Markup Dec 2, 2025 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2026Markup Aug 6, 2026Reported Sep 14, 2026 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Sep 14, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
- Aug 6, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 15, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2847)
- Apr 14, 2026Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 14, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2847-2848)
- Apr 14, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1431.
- Apr 14, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 2, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 2.
- Dec 2, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2847, H2848Text printed H2847 | Brandon Gill R-TX, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Suhas Subramanyam D-VA | Apr 14, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 12, 2026H.R. 1431, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office"As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026
- Dec 8, 2025H.R. 1431, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the “James J. Howard Post Office”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 32, February 18, 2025, page H724.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office".
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Reported to Senate
- Apr 15, 2026Referred in Senate
- Apr 14, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
