[House Report 110-132]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 110-132
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DESIGNATION OF JAMES A. LEACH UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
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May 8, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Oberstar, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1505]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1505) to designate the Federal
building located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as
the ``James A. Leach Federal Building'', having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in
Davenport, Iowa, shall be known and designated as the ``James A. Leach
United States Courthouse''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James A. Leach
United States Courthouse''.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 131
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach United
States Courthouse''.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
H.R. 1505, as amended, designates the United States
courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa,
as the ``James A. Leach United States Courthouse''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
James Albert Smith Leach was born in Davenport, Iowa, on
October 15, 1942. Leach attended the public schools of
Davenport, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Princeton University in 1964. Leach later received a Master of
Arts degree in Soviet Politics from the School of Advanced
International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in 1966, and
subsequently attended the London School of Economics.
Former Representative Leach began his public service career
in 1965 as a staff person to then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld.
In 1968, Leach joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign
Service Officer and subsequently served as special assistant to
director at the Office of Economic Opportunity. In the 1970s,
Rep. Leach served in various capacities with the United
Nations, the United States Advisory Commission on International
Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board.
In 1976, Rep. Leach was elected to Congress. Rep. Leach
represented the 2nd District of Iowa in the United States House
of Representatives for 30 years (1977-2007). A career public
servant, Rep. Leach chaired the Committee on Banking and
Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific
Affairs, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
He holds eight honorary degrees, has received decorations from
two foreign governments, and is the recipient of the Wayne
Morse Integrity in Politics Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award
from Johns Hopkins University, the Adlai Stevenson Award from
the United Nations Association, and the Edger Wayburn Award
from the Sierra Club.
In February 2007, former Rep. Leach joined the faculty of
Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs as a visiting professor.
In honor of Representative James A. Leach's outstanding
public service and his exemplary professional career, it is
both fitting and proper to designate the U.S. courthouse
located on 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the
``James A. Leach United States Courthouse''.
SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION
Section 1. Designation
Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 131
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach
United States Courthouse''.
Section 2. References
Section 2 declares that any reference in law, map,
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the United States courthouse referred to in Section 1
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James A. Leach
United States Courthouse''.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
On March 13, 2007, Representative Loebsack introduced H.R.
1505. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress.
On May 2, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 1505.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and
Emergency Management Chairwoman Norton offered an amendment in
the nature of a substitute to make a technical correction to
the bill. The amendment designates the facility as the ``James
A. Leach United States Courthouse''. The amendment was agreed
to by voice vote. The Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure ordered the bill reported favorably to the House
by voice vote.
RECORD VOTES
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives
requires each committee report to include the total number of
votes cast for and against on each record vote on a motion to
report and on any amendment offered to the measure or matter,
and the names of those members voting for and against. There
were no recorded votes taken in connection with consideration
of H.R. 1505. A motion to order H.R. 1505, as amended, reported
favorably to the House was agreed to by voice vote with a
quorum present.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(1) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are
reflected in this report.
COST OF LEGISLATION
Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the
report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is
included in this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(2) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
Committee references the report of the Congressional Budget
Office included in the report.
2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
performance goals and objectives of this legislation are to
designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th
Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach United
States Courthouse''.
3. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
Committee has received the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1505
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, May 3, 2007.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed H.R. 1505, a bill to designate the federal building
located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the
``James A. Leach United States Courthouse,'' as ordered
reported by the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure on May 2, 2007.
CBO estimates that enactment of this legislation would have
no significant impact on the federal budget and would not
affect direct spending or revenues. The bill contains no
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on
state, local, or tribal governments. If you wish further
details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide them.
The CBO staff contact is Matthew Pickford.
Sincerely,
Peter R. Orszag,
Director.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, H.R. 1505 does not contain any
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff
benefits as defined in clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or joint
resolution of a public character shall include a statement
citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the
Constitution to enact the measure. The Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure finds that Congress has the
authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted
under article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT
The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act (Public Law 104-4).
PREEMPTION CLARIFICATION
Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
requires the report of any Committee on a bill or joint
resolution to include a statement on the extent to which the
bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local,
or tribal law. The Committee states that H.R. 1505 does not
preempt any state, local, or tribal law.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT
No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act are created by this
legislation.
APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law
104-1).
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 1505 makes no changes in existing law.