House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2017
- Committee actionMar 29, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 25, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 455.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 455, 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 4, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52569
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 455, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41651b1a66ccbb96c1dd77430e861ae499ce0b5cb9f98fdeaec2aee1fcb25103
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 455, 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 4, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52569
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 455, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41651b1a66ccbb96c1dd77430e861ae499ce0b5cb9f98fdeaec2aee1fcb25103
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. 115-84 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 6, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/84
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 455, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41651b1a66ccbb96c1dd77430e861ae499ce0b5cb9f98fdeaec2aee1fcb25103
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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. 163, No. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H392):Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of andmake all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particularState.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 455, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41651b1a66ccbb96c1dd77430e861ae499ce0b5cb9f98fdeaec2aee1fcb25103
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 455, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.