VA clinic in New Jersey renamed to honor Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo
S. 5100 — A bill to name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo VA Clinic". · Filed by Cory Booker (D-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill renames a Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, after Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo. The clinic will henceforth be officially known as the 'Anthony Tony J. Gallopo VA Clinic,' and all federal references to it will be updated accordingly. No funding, authority, or operational changes are involved.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename an existing VA clinic after a named individual. It contains no substantive policy, appropriations, or operational provisions—only a designation and a directive to update federal records accordingly.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming with no operational, financial, or regulatory consequences for citizens. Veterans and the public are unaffected by the renaming itself. The designation may provide modest recognition value to the named individual and their community, but imposes no cost or burden on the public.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, Newton, New Jersey, Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Andy Kim
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,351 characters) on Aug 12, 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.
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As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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