To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 172.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 172, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”” on April 17, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 15, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50119

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 172, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  947338464f368b1a69381ac9694d627971b4ebc5db33a00829052549c38b51b2

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 172, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”” on April 17, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 15, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50119

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 172, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  947338464f368b1a69381ac9694d627971b4ebc5db33a00829052549c38b51b2

• 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. 114-89 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 23, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/89

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 172, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  947338464f368b1a69381ac9694d627971b4ebc5db33a00829052549c38b51b2

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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 (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H48):
  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, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 172, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  947338464f368b1a69381ac9694d627971b4ebc5db33a00829052549c38b51b2

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

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