House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 719 Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6135.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACKBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 144, September 22, 2016, Page H5866):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6135, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
- H.R. 5104 (114th) BOTS Act
- H.R. 87 (114th) Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
- H.R. 1770 (114th) Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
- H.R. 1151 (114th) USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 1212 (114th) Internet Freedom Act
- H.R. 865 (114th) Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.