HR 4347 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse".

Introduced Mar 30, 2012 Originated House Became Public Law 112-187 Sponsor Don Young R-AK

Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-187.

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.

IntroducedMar 30, 2012
Passed HouseJul 23, 2012
Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-187

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse."

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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 Mar 30, 2012Markup Jun 7, 2012Reported Jul 19, 2012
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Apr 2, 2012Discharged Jun 7, 2012

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-187.
Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6666-6667)

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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 S6666, S6667	Mark L. Pryor D-AR	Sep 21, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H5104, H5105Text printed H5104	Don Young R-AK, Jerry F. Costello D-IL	Jul 23, 2012

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

H. Rept. 112-614

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 11, 2012H.R. 4347, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the “Robert Boochever United States Courthouse.”Ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 7, 2012

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1811.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 112-713	ADVANCING THE FEDERAL–TRIBAL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SELF–GOVERNANCE AND SELF–DETERMINATION54 pages	Indian Affairs Committee	Sep 20, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-31	THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET FOR TRIBAL PROGRAMS145 pages	Indian Affairs Committee	Mar 15, 2011

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
97-1011	Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables	Report	May 6, 2026
R41613	Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 22, 2013

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2251	A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the Robert Boochever United States Courthouse.	Identical bill	Dec 27, 2012

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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