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HR 3247 104th Congress House

To redesignate the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, as the "Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building".

Introduced: May 1, 1996 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development.
Apr 15, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Services, Government Reform and Oversight, Transportation and Infrastructure, Economic and Educational Opportunities, International Relations, and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 15, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Redesignates the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., as the Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 30, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 1996
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 15, 1996
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 1, 1996
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · May 1, 1996
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 1, 1996
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 1, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 30, 1996
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 15, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3247: To redesignate the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, as the "Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building".. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3247/
MLA
"H.R. 3247: To redesignate the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, as the "Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building".." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3247/.
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H.R. 3247, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3247/.
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[H.R. 3247: To redesignate the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, as the "Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building".](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3247/)
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