To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Latest action · Apr 26, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and 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 11, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 25, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown 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 Jan 11, 2017Markup Mar 29, 2017Reported Apr 6, 2017 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2017Discharged Mar 29, 2017 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2017 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Apr 25, 2017Mr. Ferguson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 25, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2822-2823)
- Apr 25, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 455.
- Apr 25, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2822)
- Apr 25, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 6, 2017Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-84.
- Apr 6, 2017Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
- Mar 29, 2017Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Mar 29, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jan 11, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 11, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2822, H2823Text printed H2822 | A. Drew Ferguson IV R-GA, Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA | Apr 25, 2017 |
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
- Apr 4, 2017H.R. 455, a bill to designate the United States Courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 7, January 11, 2017, page H392.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 172 | To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse". | Reintroduction of | Apr 29, 2015 |
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 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2017Referred in Senate
- Apr 25, 2017Engrossed in House
- Apr 6, 2017Reported in House
- Jan 11, 2017Introduced 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.
