House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To designate Newark Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey as the "Donald M. Payne, Jr. Transit Center at Newark Penn Station".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6803.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McIVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution; the ``Commerce Clause''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 75 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6803, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. LaMonica McIver.
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- H.R. 10371 (119th) Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026
- H.R. 1835 (119th) MERIT Act
- H.R. 307 (119th) ARC Act of 2025
- H.R. 793 (119th) SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.