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The bill formally honors a local figure and updates federal records with minimal administrative relief, trading a small amount of legislative time for a ceremonial renaming.
Residents and businesses in Spring Lake will have their local post office officially named the James J. Howard Post Office, preserving local heritage and simplifying how the facility is referenced locally.
Federal agencies, maps, and records that reference the facility will automatically use the new name, reducing the need for widespread statutory amendments or manual record updates.
Taxpayers and Congress spend legislative time on a ceremonial name change that provides no direct public-service benefit.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Renames the USPS facility at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, Spring Lake, NJ, as the "James J. Howard Post Office" and requires federal references to use the new name.
Designates the United States Postal Service facility at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office." It also makes clear that any reference in federal law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records to that facility shall be taken to refer to the new name. The change is purely a naming/designation of an existing USPS facility and does not create new programs, authorize spending, or change operations or services of the Postal Service.
Official title: 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".
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Frank Pallone · Last progress August 6, 2026