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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown Federal Building".

H.R. 29Introduced Jan 7, 1997Policy area: Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 24, 1997 — 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. 29.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 29, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

57 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 53 Democrats

4 of 57 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), David Bonior (D-MI), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Barbara Kennelly (D-CT), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John LaFalce (D-NY), Sander Levin (D-MI) and 27 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-15 district

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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.