House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2012
- Committee actionDec 19, 2012
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2012 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6633.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6675):Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6633, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6633
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c274c11b7a0456e7c985b7bea4df565e4cec236e753363926463bd0414f9fba0
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6633, 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.
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 — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kevin Brady (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Ron Paul (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Hall.
- H.R. 4158 (112th) To confirm full ownership rights for certain United States astronauts to artifacts from the astronauts' space missions.
- H.R. 3834 (112th) Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012
- H.R. 6007 (112th) North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012
- H.R. 970 (112th) Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.R. 1219 (112th) Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act
- H.Con.Res. 89 (112th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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.