House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-288
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the "Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2016
- Committee actionMar 2, 2016
- Passed HouseApr 18, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-288.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4618, a bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the “Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse”” on March 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51395
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4618, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-463 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/463
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4618, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 30, February 25, 2016, Page H949):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the power ``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, Congressional Record February 25, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 348 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4618, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e50aab99f9ff7be55c6c737bda4c136b30d2fbcc2980d5c838382e99e8f4d2ae
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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