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House bill · 106th 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. 938Introduced Mar 2, 1999Policy area: Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 23, 2000 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 185.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 938.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 938, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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

60 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 57 Democrats

3 of 60 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), William Coyne (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John LaFalce (D-NY) and 30 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th 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 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.