House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-180
To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse".
Became law on Oct 5, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2011
- Committee actionJun 22, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
- Became lawOct 5, 2012
Latest action: Oct 5, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-180.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1791.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1791, A bill to designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., 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
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41557
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-282 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2012 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/282
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. ROONEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3111):Article 1 Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 21 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rivera (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Rooney.
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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.