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HR1009Passed House

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the Paul Piperato Post Office Building.

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-05
Introduced
24
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Michael Lawler
Michael Lawler
Republican · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 91.9% (641 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Abortion Rights$3k

Full profile: /officials/L000599

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (24)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)Original· 2025-02-05
  • George Latimer (D-NY-16)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Grace Meng (D-NY-6)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26)Original· 2025-02-05
  • Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)· 2025-02-10
  • Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)· 2025-02-13
  • Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5)· 2025-02-13
  • John W. Mannion (D-NY-22)· 2025-02-13
  • Josh Riley (D-NY-19)· 2025-02-13
  • Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2025-02-13
  • Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)· 2025-02-13
  • Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)· 2025-02-13
  • Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)· 2025-02-13
  • Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9)· 2025-02-13
  • Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)· 2025-02-21
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)· 2025-02-27
  • Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12)· 2025-03-27
  • Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21)· 2025-05-07

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-08-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsMarkup By · 2026-08-06
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMarkup By · 2025-05-21

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-12-10
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-02-05

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the Paul Piperato Post Office Building.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1009 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1009 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the ``Paul Piperato Post Office Building''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PAUL PIPERATO POST OFFICE BUILDING. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, shall be known and designated as the ``Paul Piperato Post Office Building''. (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Paul Piperato Post Office Building''. Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2025. Attest: Clerk. 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1009 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the ``Paul Piperato Post Office Building''.
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