House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 180 West Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia, as the "H. Emory Widener, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Sponsor: Rep. H. Griffith R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2021
- Committee actionOct 27, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 246.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 246, Federal Building Designation Legislation” on May 17, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 27, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58125
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 246, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H123):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 246, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Bob Good (R-VA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), David McKinley (R-WV), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.