Congress honors 9/11 responder with post office naming
H.R. 9026 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside, New York, as the "Detective Luis G. Alvarez Post Office". · Filed by Laura Gillen (D-NY) · 25 cosponsors · Introduced May 26, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Oceanside, New York to honor Detective Luis G. Alvarez. The post office at 80 Atlantic Avenue will be officially called the 'Detective Luis G. Alvarez Post Office,' and all federal references to that facility will use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal post office facility in honor of Detective Luis G. Alvarez. It contains no regulatory, appropriations, or policy mechanism—only a designation and cross-reference update.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no direct cost or benefit to ordinary citizens. The designation honors a public servant and creates no new restrictions, expenses, or loss of rights. It is a routine legislative recognition.
Named in the bill
United States Postal Service, Detective Luis G. Alvarez, Oceanside, New York, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Where it stands
25 cosponsors: 18 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
- May 26, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 26, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,070,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 62 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 61% of bills with at least one filing.
Laura Gillen, the sponsor, reported $1,002,749 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Nature Conservancy — $900,000 on 1 filing
- Cms Energy Corp — $170,000 on 1 filing
- Giffords — $0 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,561 characters) on Jul 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. 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 Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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