To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Latest action · Mar 14, 2007 Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 6, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates the U.S. courthouse to be constructed at a specified site in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse."
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2007Markup Feb 7, 2007Reported Feb 16, 2007 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jan 11, 2007Markup Feb 6, 2007Reported Feb 6, 2007 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2007Discharged Mar 14, 2007 |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2007 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2007Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 14, 2007Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Mar 7, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 6, 2007Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 6, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2190-2191)
- Mar 6, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 399.
- Mar 6, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2190)
- Mar 6, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 16, 2007Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-20.
- Feb 16, 2007Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
- Feb 7, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 7, 2007Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 6, 2007Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 6, 2007Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jan 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3147 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Mar 14, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2190, H2191Text printed H2190 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, James L. Oberstar D-MN, Sam Graves R-MO | Mar 6, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 8, 2007H.R. 399, A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7, 2007</p>
- Feb 8, 2007H.R. 399, A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7, 2007
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2007Committee Discharged Senate
- Mar 7, 2007Referred in Senate
- Mar 6, 2007Engrossed in House
- Feb 16, 2007Reported in House
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
