The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2026
HR 1431 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Frank Pallone (D)

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".

Names a post office in Spring Lake, New Jersey after James J. Howard.

Tradeoff

This bill renames a post office facility. It has no fiscal impact.

What's in it

See official bill text

No measurable federal cost.

This bill simply renames an existing post office building and produces no measurable federal cost—any minor administrative cost to update signage and records is below the CBO's reporting threshold.

H.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" · Aug 2026

Passed the House by on April 14, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 18, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Oversight and Government Reform(Feb 18, 2025)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 38 - 2(Dec 2, 2025)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Apr 14, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Apr 15, 2026)

  6. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Aug 6, 2026)