House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Main Street in Westhampton Beach, New York, as the "Jolly 51 Memorial Post Office Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Article 1, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 19 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Josh Riley (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota.
- H.R. 787 (119th) Plain Language in Contracting Act
- H.R. 835 (119th) 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 586 (119th) Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
- H.R. 788 (119th) DOE and SBA Research Act
- H.Res. 991 (119th) Requesting return of official papers on H.R. 1834.
- H.Res. 1394 (119th) Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.