To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "R.E. Thomason Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Latest action · Dec 8, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-252.
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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2016
- Passed SenateNov 17, 2016
- To the PresidentNov 28, 2016
- Became lawDec 8, 2016Public Law 114-252
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "R. E. Thomason Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Jul 14, 2016Markup Sep 14, 2016Reported Sep 20, 2016 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jul 15, 2016Discharged Sep 14, 2016 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2016Discharged Nov 17, 2016 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2016Signed by President.
- Dec 8, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-252.
- Nov 28, 2016Presented to President.
- Nov 18, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 17, 2016Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6493)
- Nov 17, 2016Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6493)
- Nov 17, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 27, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Sep 26, 2016Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 26, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5886-5887)
- Sep 26, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5873.
- Sep 26, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886)
- Sep 26, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2016Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-772.
- Sep 20, 2016Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 145.
- Sep 14, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 14, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 14, 2016Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Jul 15, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jul 14, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 14, 2016Referred 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 S6493 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Nov 17, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5886Text printed H5886 | André Carson D-IN, Beto O'Rourke D-TX, Rodney Davis R-IL | Sep 26, 2016 |
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 estimate
- Dec 2, 2016H.R. 5873, a bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the “R.E. Thomason Federal Building and United States Courthouse”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 114, July 14, 2016, page H5014.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45104 | Guide to Committee Activity Reports: Purpose, Rules, and Contents | Report | Jun 2, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "R.E. Thomason Federal Building and 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.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 27, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 26, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 20, 2016Reported in House
- Jul 14, 2016Introduced 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.
