To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".
Public Law 109-339 · H.R. 315 · 109th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Oct 13, 2006 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL-3)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Ander Crenshaw
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 412 yea, 0 nay412–0
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse."
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 109th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 412 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
412 yea0 nay21 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(187)
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-4
Rep. Raúl GrijalvaD-AZ-7
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-51- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Hilda SolisD-CA-32
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-13
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-4- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-7
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-39
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Gwen MooreD-WI-4
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-30
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-31
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. John DingellD-MI-15
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-23
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-38
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-25
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. David WuD-OR-1
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. Al GreenD-TX-9
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-20
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-5- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-34- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-17- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-28
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Rahm EmanuelD-IL-5
Rep. G.K. ButterfieldD-NC-1
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Kendrick MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-43
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-47
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53
Rep. Brad MillerD-NC-13
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-29
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Allyson SchwartzD-PA-13
Rep. Russ CarnahanD-MO-3- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Brian HigginsD-NY-27
Rep. Daniel LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. John SalazarD-CO-3
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Artur DavisD-AL-7
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Ben ChandlerD-KY-6
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-17
Rep. Dennis CardozaD-CA-18
Rep. Stephanie Herseth SandlinD-SD
Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-20
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-4
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-17
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Ed CaseD-HI-2
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Melissa BeanD-IL-8
Rep. Henry CuellarD-TX-28
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Charles MelanconD-LA-3
Rep. Lincoln DavisD-TN-4
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. John BarrowD-GA-12
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2
Rep. Jim MarshallD-GA-3
Rep. Dan BorenD-OK-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Republicans who voted yea(225)
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-2
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4- Rep. Rob SimmonsR-CT-2
Rep. Michael FitzpatrickR-PA-8
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-24
Rep. Timothy JohnsonR-IL-15
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. John McHughR-NY-23- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-5
Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-14
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15- Rep. Joe SchwarzR-MI-7
- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2- Rep. John SweeneyR-NY-20
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Jon PorterR-NV-3
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1
Rep. Thad McCotterR-MI-11
Rep. Mark KirkR-IL-10
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3- Rep. Mark FoleyR-FL-16
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7
Rep. Randy KuhlR-NY-29
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Tom OsborneR-NE-3
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-3
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-50
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-4
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-26
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-3
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-7
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-45
Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-19
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
Rep. John BoozmanR-AR-3
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-24
Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10- Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-1
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-22
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-41- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-44
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Thelma DrakeR-VA-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Rodney AlexanderR-LA-5
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1
Rep. Virgil GoodeR-VA-5
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-21
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-9
Rep. Jo BonnerR-AL-1- Rep. Mark KennedyR-MN-6
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-3
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-3
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12- Rep. Melissa HartR-PA-4
Rep. Geoff DavisR-KY-4
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. David DreierR-CA-26
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1- Rep. Jeb BradleyR-NH-1
Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8
Rep. Ralph HallR-TX-4
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-8
- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Ginny Brown-WaiteR-FL-5
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Sam GravesR-MO-6
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2- Rep. Michael SodrelR-IN-9
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7- Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Michael BurgessR-TX-26
Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartR-FL-25
Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7- Rep. Jo Ann DavisR-VA-1
Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
- Rep. Bobby JindalR-LA-1
- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52- Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7- Rep. Katherine HarrisR-FL-13
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-4
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19
Rep. Michael ConawayR-TX-11
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. Kenny MarchantR-TX-24
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-3
Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-14
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-5
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2- Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2
Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11- Rep. Bob BeauprezR-CO-7
Rep. John SullivanR-OK-1
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-42
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Ted PoeR-TX-2
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Louie GohmertR-TX-1
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-48
- Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-5
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1- Rep. Chris ChocolaR-IN-2
Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
Rep. John LinderR-GA-7- Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
Rep. Todd AkinR-MO-2
Rep. Marilyn MusgraveR-CO-4
Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16- Rep. Charlie NorwoodR-GA-9
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-10
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-46
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
Rep. Lynn WestmorelandR-GA-8
Rep. J. Gresham BarrettR-SC-3
Rep. Steve KingR-IA-5
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-5
Rep. Mike PenceR-IN-6
Rep. Scott GarrettR-NJ-5- Rep. Butch OtterR-ID-1
Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-3
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-2
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-14
Rep. Jeff FlakeR-AZ-6
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 20 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · House · referred toSubcommittee: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Data notes
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 801Text similarities
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.
- Oct 13, 2006Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 109-339.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 5, 2006FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Oct 2, 2006FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 30, 2006FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 9, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Feb 8, 2005FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 0 (Roll no. 21).House roll call 21
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 315.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by the Yeas and Nays: 412 - 0.
- Jan 26, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jan 25, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.