[House Report 111-435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress } { Report
2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { 111-435
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT
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March 11, 2010.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Rahall, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2788]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2788) to designate a Distinguished Flying Cross
National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside,
California, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2788 is to designate a Distinguished
Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in
Riverside, California.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The March Field Air Museum has begun work on a memorial in
Riverside, California, to recipients of the Air Force's
Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal awarded to members of the
U.S. armed services who have demonstrated ``heroism or
extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial
flight.'' H.R. 2788 would designate this memorial as the
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial.
H.R. 2788 specifies that the memorial would not become a
unit of the National Park System, and states that the
designation as a national memorial ``shall not be construed to
require or permit federal funds'' to be spent on the memorial.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 2788 was introduced by Representative Ken Calvert (R-
CA) on June 10, 2009. The bill was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. At a January 21,
2009, hearing, a representative of the Department of the
Interior testified that as the site of the memorial is not
under that agency's jurisdiction, Interior would defer to the
Department of Defense for a position on H.R. 2788.
On February 24, 2010, the Subcommittee was discharged from
further consideration of H.R. 2788 and the full Natural
Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The bill was
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by
voice vote.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United
States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B)
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by 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, this
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in
revenues or tax expenditures.
3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to designate a Distinguished Flying
Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in
Riverside, California.
4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office:
H.R. 2788--Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
H.R. 2788 would designate a memorial to members of the
Armed Forces who have distinguished themselves in flight. The
memorial, which would be located at the March Field Air Museum
in Riverside, California, would not be a unit of the National
Park System.
Based on information provided by the National Park Service,
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2788 would have no effect
on discretionary spending because the proposed memorial would
not be constructed or operated with federal funds. Enacting the
legislation would not affect revenues or direct spending;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply.
H.R. 2788 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis.
The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant
Director for Budget Analysis.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
EARMARK STATEMENT
H.R. 2788 does not contain any congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in
clause 9 of rule XXI.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing
law.