House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2009
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 10, 2009 · 424–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2009 — 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. 842.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 842, A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse"” on February 17, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20484
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 842, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbd70e8f0cf9528cb379fd8d4ac88f2fa05814bf5d0eccd4a9cd4a5310935317
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 842, A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse"” on February 17, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20484
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 842, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbd70e8f0cf9528cb379fd8d4ac88f2fa05814bf5d0eccd4a9cd4a5310935317
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. 111-29 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 10, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/29
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 842, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbd70e8f0cf9528cb379fd8d4ac88f2fa05814bf5d0eccd4a9cd4a5310935317
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 842, 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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.