House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-412
To designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the "John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse".
Became law on Jan 3, 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. G. K. Butterfield D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2017
- Committee actionJun 27, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2018
- Became lawJan 3, 2019
Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 115-412.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3460.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3460, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the “John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse”” on July 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54161
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3460, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-818 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 16, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/818
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3460, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 127, July 27, 2017, Page H6518):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Necessary and Proper Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2017 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3460, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145f3a4beec8def6730c484f1ed7c0f160dd6df4aa034e5c2fc10138c3020fb5
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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
11 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 2 Democrats
9 of 11 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), David Price (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. G. K. Butterfield.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.