House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Federal building located at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the "Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2008
- Committee actionMay 15, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 4, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2008 — 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. 5599.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5599, A bill to designate the federal building located at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the "Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building” on May 16, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19788
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5599, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
312e537caa42e1bafaaf98e495b4550809f2f9d346945aac33892b988d39423c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5599, A bill to designate the federal building located at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the "Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building” on May 16, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19788
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5599, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
312e537caa42e1bafaaf98e495b4550809f2f9d346945aac33892b988d39423c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-674 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 3, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/674
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5599, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
312e537caa42e1bafaaf98e495b4550809f2f9d346945aac33892b988d39423c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5599, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Michael Turner (R-OH), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.