HR5642-119

In Committee

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 Echo Avenue in Miller Place, New York, as the "Christopher Pendergast Post Office Building".

119th Congress Introduced Sep 30, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill names the United States Postal Service facility at 47 Echo Avenue in Miller Place, New York, as the Christopher Pendergast Post Office Building. The substance is a federal commemorative designation. If enacted, federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and other records must refer to that postal facility by the new name. The bill does not alter mail service or postal operations beyond the official name and records update.

Who Benefits and How

Christopher Pendergast family members benefit from federal recognition attached to a public building in Miller Place. Miller Place postal customers benefit from a named local facility that preserves community memory. Local civic organizations benefit from a federal site that can be referenced in commemorative programming. Community residents benefit from a visible public recognition of Christopher Pendergast at the post office.

Who Bears the Burden and How

USPS facility records staff must update references, maps, papers, and official documents for the facility. Postal facility managers must coordinate local implementation of the name change. Federal document custodians must use the statutory name in covered records. Federal taxpayers may bear minor signage and administrative costs.

Key Provisions

  • Provides the commemorative name for the 47 Echo Avenue postal facility in Miller Place.
  • Requires federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and records to use the new name.
  • Provides public recognition for Christopher Pendergast in a local postal facility.
  • Limits the bill's effect to facility naming and record updates.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Designates the postal facility at 47 Echo Avenue in Miller Place, New York, as the Christopher Pendergast Post Office Building.

Key Policy Areas

Postal Service, Commemoration

Primary Purpose

Designates the postal facility at 47 Echo Avenue in Miller Place, New York, as the Christopher Pendergast Post Office Building.

Policy Domains

Postal Service Commemoration

Resolution provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Christopher Pendergast family members
  • Miller Place postal customers
  • Local civic organizations
  • Community residents
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • USPS facility records staff
  • Postal facility managers
  • Federal document custodians
  • Federal taxpayers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 30, 2025

Mr. LaLota (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Kennedy of New …

Sep 30, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Sep 30, 2025

Introduced in House

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

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Domains
Postal Service Commemoration

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