House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the United States courthouse under construction in White Plains, New York, as the "Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 1995
- Committee actionNov 16, 1995
- Passed HouseDec 5, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 1995 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 653.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-363 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 29, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/363
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 653, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/653
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b875b347ae010b23e36786059716c11d5a0acbdbe968cc6bf958bc9dca60920
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel.
- H.Con.Res. 42 (104th) Supporting a resolution to the long-standing dispute regarding Cyprus.
- H.Con.Res. 155 (104th) Concerning human and political rights and in support of a resolution of the crisis in Kosova.
- H.Con.Res. 190 (104th) Urging the Government of Syria to withdraw its armed forces from Lebanon.
- H.R. 244 (104th) To require certain entities receiving United States funds from the International Fund for Ireland to comply with the MacBride Principles.
- H.R. 3621 (104th) MacBride Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1996
- H.R. 1930 (104th) Middle East Peace Compliance Act and PLO Accountability of 1995
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.