HR 5773 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".

Introduced Oct 17, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 14, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 17, 2025
  2. Passed HouseApr 14, 2026
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 17, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILBill FosterOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 17, 2025
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILEric SorensenOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalOct 17, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalOct 17, 2025
R-ILMike BostOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalOct 17, 2025
D-ILSean CastenOriginalOct 17, 2025

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 17, 2025Markup Dec 2, 2025
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Apr 15, 2026Markup Aug 6, 2026Reported Sep 14, 2026

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
  2. Sep 14, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
  3. Aug 6, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Apr 15, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  5. Apr 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2851)
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2851, H2852Text printed H2851Brandon Gill R-TX, Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL, Suhas Subramanyam D-VAApr 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

  1. Aug 12, 2026H.R. 5773, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building"As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026
  2. Dec 8, 2025H.R. 5773, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the “Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 Clause 7 of the U S Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 172, October 17, 2025, page H4542.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3444A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".Related billSep 14, 2026

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 at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2026Reported to Senate
  2. Apr 15, 2026Referred in Senate
  3. Apr 14, 2026Engrossed in House
  4. Oct 17, 2025Introduced in House

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