[House Report 104-362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    104-362
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    BRUCE R. THOMPSON UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE AND FEDERAL BUILDING

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 November 28, 1995.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Shuster, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 395]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 395) to designate the United States 
courthouse and Federal building to be constructed at the 
southeastern corner of Liberty and South Virginia Streets in 
Reno, Nevada, as the ``Bruce R. Thompson United States 
Courthouse and Federal Building'', having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 
the bill do pass.
    Judge Thompson graduated from the University of Nevada and 
received his law degree from Stanford Law School. He practiced 
law for 27 years, when he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for 
the District of Nevada from 1942 to 1952, and as special master 
for the U.S. District Court of the District of Nevada from 1952 
to 1953. Judge Thompson also was president of the Nevada State 
Bar Association from 1955 to 1956. Following a term as regent 
to the State Planning Board in 1959, he served as its chairman 
from 1960 to 1961. In 1963, he was appointed U.S. District 
Judge by President John F. Kennedy.
    Judge Thompson also was a member of the American Bar 
Association, the American Law Institute, the American 
Judicature Society (of which he was director in 1959), the 
Institute of Judicial Administration, and the American College 
of Trial Lawyers. From 1975 to 1977, he was the president of 
the Ninth Circuit District Judges.
    Judge Thompson's legal career can only be magnified by the 
respect he earned from his colleagues. Virtually every legal 
organization in Nevada has unanimously passed a resolution in 
favor of naming the courthouse after Judge Thompson. The entire 
Nevada congressional delegation supports this legislation. H.R. 
395 is a fitting and appropriate tribute to this public 
servant.

                        compliance with rule xi

    With respect to the requirements of clause 2(l)(3) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives:
    (1) The Committee held hearings on this legislation on June 
15, 1995.
    (2) The requirements of section 308(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are not applicable to this 
legislation since it does not provide new budget authority or 
new or increased tax expenditures.
    (3) The Committee has received no report from the Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight of oversight findings and 
recommendations arrived at under clause 4(C)(2) of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (4) With respect to clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives and section 403 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, a cost estimate by the 
Congressional Budget Office was received by the Committee. The 
report follows:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                 Washington, DC, November 20, 1995.
Hon. Bud Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed H.R. 395, a bill to designate the United States 
courthouse and federal building to be constructed at the 
southeastern corner of Liberty and South Virginia Streets in 
Reno, Nevada, as the ``Bruce R. Thompson United States 
Courthouse and Federal Building.'' The bill was ordered 
reported by the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure on November 16, 1995.
    We estimate that enacting this bill would result in no 
significant cost to the federal government and in no cost to 
state or local governments. The bill would not affect direct 
spending or receipts. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would 
not apply.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R. 
Righter.
            Sincerely,
                                              James L. Blum
                                   (For June E. O'Neill, Director).

                     inflationary impact statement

    Under (2)(l)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure estimates that the enactment of H.R. 395 will 
have no significant inflationary impact on prices and costs in 
the operation of the national economy.

                          cost of legislation

    Clause 7(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires a statement of the estimated cost to 
the United States which will be incurred in carrying out H.R. 
395, as reported, in fiscal year 1996, and each of the 
following 5 years. The implementation of this legislation is 
not expected to result in any increased costs to the United 
States.

                       committee action and vote

    In compliance with clause (2)(l)(2)(A) and (B) of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives, at a meeting of 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 
16, 1995, a quorum being present, H.R. 395 was unanimously 
approved by voice vote and ordered reported.