To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1073.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1073, A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse"” on June 28, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 22, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41555

  CBO publication date

  June 28, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  151bfa147256aa7556703265d5e2b46648ea170df5aca2e186bbc39cfe93ce17

• 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. 112-711 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 20, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/711

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  151bfa147256aa7556703265d5e2b46648ea170df5aca2e186bbc39cfe93ce17

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1797):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  151bfa147256aa7556703265d5e2b46648ea170df5aca2e186bbc39cfe93ce17

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1073, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.