House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the "Major George Quamo Post Office Building".
Sponsor: Rep. John Sweeney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2006
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2006 — Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5708.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3613, which became Public Law 109-311 on 10/6/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5708, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 24 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), John Kuhl (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), Thomas Reynolds (R-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), James Walsh (R-NY), Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 230 (109th) National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2005
- H.R. 226 (109th) Higher Education Science and Technology Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 228 (109th) First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2005
- H.R. 227 (109th) Acid Rain Control Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.