VA clinic in Newton, New Jersey gets a new name
H.R. 6007 — To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo VA Clinic". · Filed by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Newton, New Jersey. The clinic will be called the Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo VA Clinic. All official government papers will use the new name.
Who it affects
Veterans and people who use the clinic in Newton, New Jersey are affected. The change is a naming honor with no cost or rule changes.
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Nov 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4472)”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.
Those reports show $210,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 1 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Josh Gottheimer, who sponsored the bill, received $973,300 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Paychex, Inc. — $210,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Department of Veterans Affairs — The government agency that helps veterans with health care and benefits.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,234 characters) on Jul 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-19.
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