Isaac A. Coles delivered this letter and Latrobe’s report to the House and Senate on 6 Dec. Both bodies ordered the report to lie for consideration. On 17 Dec., the report was referred to a House committee led by Philip R. Thompson. After asking for Latrobe’s estimate of what would be required to finish the south wing and a recess in the north wing of the Capitol, Thompson presented a bill on 9 Jan. that would appropriate $110,000 for completion of the south wing and $20,000 for repairs to the north wing and other public buildings. It passed the House on 15 Jan. and was approved by the Senate eight days later (JHR description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1826, 9 vols. description ends , 5:45, 57, 81, 88, 101; JS description begins Journal of the Senate of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1820-21, 5 vols. description ends , 3:421, 439; U.S. Statutes at Large description begins Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States … 1789 to March 3, 1845, Boston, 1855-56, 8 vols. description ends , 2:311; Latrobe to TJ, 5 Jan. 1805).