PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.
H.R.735 / 110th Congress

To designate the Federal building under construction at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building".

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.

Official summary

Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jan 22, 2008

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the federal building under construction at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building."

Read the summary on Congress.gov
PlainBill analysis is coming later. This page presents official source data. We have not yet published a PlainBill explanation for this bill.

Who introduced it

Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D–NY

Committees

  • Environment and Public Works Committee
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.

  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.

  2. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.

  3. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. Without written report.

  4. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  6. Received in the Senate.

  7. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  8. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8936)

  9. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 7/31/2007 H8936)

  10. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 735.

  11. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8935-8937)

  12. Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  13. Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 86.

  14. Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-230.

  15. Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-230.

  16. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.

  17. Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  18. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  19. Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

  20. Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  21. Introduced in House

  22. Introduced in House

Bill text & related measures

Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.

Related bills identified by Congress.gov

Source last updated: Sep 8, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.

Explore the bill from different angles

Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.

Neutral evidence review

Objective

Analyze H.R.735 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

View full prompt & sources
Fairness and public impact

Progressive lens

Examine H.R.735 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.

View full prompt & sources
Institutions and government scope

Conservative lens

Examine H.R.735 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.

View full prompt & sources
Individual rights and government power

Liberty lens

Examine H.R.735 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.

View full prompt & sources