H.R. 759: To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-31 · Commemorations · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 162 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR759 (2007-03-20), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Redesignates the Ellis Island Library, on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library."

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To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · 12 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 759, An act to redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library" (2008-02-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 759, An act to redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library" (2008-02-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

Recorded votes

House roll call 162 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR759 (2007-03-20): Passed

Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr759.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr759 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110