[House Report 104-368]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                            Rept. 104-368
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                      Part 2
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TO TRANSFER JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN PARCELS OF FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY 
                  LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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 July 26, 1996.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Young of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 2636]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 2636) to transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of 
Federal real property located in the District of Columbia, and 
for other purposes, having considered the same, report 
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill 
as amended do pass.
    The amendment (stated in terms of the page and line number 
of the introduced bill) is as follows:
    On page 4, line 1, strike ``S6201''.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 2636 is to authorize an exchange of 
land between the Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of 
the Interior, within the District of Columbia, to locate and 
establish a Japanese-American Patriotism Memorial.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    On October 24, 1992, Congress passed H.J. Res. 271, a 
resolution authorizing The Go For Broke National Veterans 
Association Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land 
in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Japanese-
American patriotism in World War II. This resolution was 
enacted in accordance with the Act passed in 1986 establishing 
standards for placement of memorials on Federal lands in the 
District of Columbia. The Foundation would be responsible for 
accepting contributions and paying expenses in connection with 
the memorial, including its maintenance and preservation.
    Lands which are now under the jurisdiction of the Architect 
of the Capitol were proposed as a potential site for the 
memorial by former Architect of the Capitol George White. 
However, for this property to be used for the memorial, it 
cannot remain as grounds of the Capitol.
    The Foundation has nominated this site for the memorial, 
and the special commissions which must approve this site, along 
with the National Park Service, have all agreed to this site 
contingent upon passage of this legislation.
    This legislation will also realign management 
responsibility for roads and grounds among the Department of 
the Interior, Architect of the Capitol and District of Columbia 
into a more efficient arrangement which will reduce overall 
government costs.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 2636 was introduced on November 15, 1995, Congressman 
James L. Oberstar (D-MN). The bill was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and additionally to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
Government Oversight and Reform. Within the Committee on 
Resources, the bill was referred to the Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Lands. On May 9, 1996, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 2636. On June 13, 1996, the 
Subcommittee met to mark up H.R. 2636. The bill was adopted by 
voice vote and ordered favorably reported to the Full 
Committee. On June 26, 1996, the Full Resources Committee met 
to consider H.R. 2636. A technical amendment was offered by 
Congressman James V. Hansen (R-UT), and was adopted by 
unanimous consent. The bill, as amended, was then ordered 
favorably reported to the House of Representatives by voice 
vote.
    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ordered 
H.R. 2636 reported on November 28, 1995, without amendment.

                      section-by-section analysis

Section 1. Purpose

    Section 1 identifies the purposes of the Act which are to 
effect a transfer of less than one acre of land among the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Architect of the Capitol and the 
District of Columbia. The purposes of this exchange are to 
consolidate land ownership and to provide a location for the 
construction of the World War II Japanese-American Patriot 
Memorial authorized by Public Law 102-502.

Section 2. Transfers of jurisdiction

    Section 2 identifies the specific parcels of land to be 
transferred among the Secretary of the Interior, District of 
Columbia and Architect of the Capitol.

Section 3. Miscellaneous

    Section 3 contains several miscellaneous provisions 
associated with this transfer, such as realignment of law 
enforcement responsibilities among the various parties.

            committee oversight findings and recommendations

    With respect to the requirements of clause 2(l)(3) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and clause 
2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                     inflationary impact statement

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee estimates that the 
enactment of H.R. 2636 will have no significant inflationary 
impact on prices and costs in the operation of the national 
economy.

                        cost of the legislation

    Clause 7(a) 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 
H.R. 2636. However, clause 7(d) 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 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                     compliance with house rule xi

    1. With respect to the requirement of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, H.R. 
2636 does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    2. With respect to the requirement of clause 2(l)(3)(D) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee has received no report of oversight findings and 
recommendations from the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight on the subject of H.R. 2636.
    3. With respect to the requirement of 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, the 
Committee has received the following cost estimate for H.R. 
2636 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

               congressional budget office cost estimate

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, July 3, 1996.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed H.R. 2636, a bill to transfer jurisdiction over 
certain parcels of federal real property located in the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes, as ordered 
reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 26, 1996. 
CBO estimates that H.R. 2636 would result in no significant 
cost to the federal government. Enacting H.R. 2636 would not 
affect direct spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go 
procedures would not apply.
    H.R. 2636 would transfer several parcels of land between 
federal agencies to provide suitable space to erect a memorial 
to honor Japanese-American patriotism in World War II. In 
addition, the bill would transfer, without compensation, one 
parcel of land to the District of Columbia. The costs of 
erecting and maintaining the memorial would be borne by the Go 
For Broke National Veterans Association Foundation. Otherwise, 
the future use of the properties conveyed by this bill would 
not be affected by the transfers.
    H.R. 2636 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in Public Law 104-4 and would have no 
impact on the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 
The land that the federal government would convey to the 
District of Columbia is a small section of New Jersey Avenue. 
The District already maintains and administers this section of 
road and would continue to do so under this bill.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R. 
Righter.
            Sincerely,
                                          Paul Van de Water
                                   (For June E. O'Neill, Director).

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    H.R. 2636 contains no unfunded mandates.

                                APPENDIX

                          House of Representatives,
                                    Committee on Resources,
                                     Washington, DC, June 28, 1996.
Hon. William F. Clinger, Jr.,
Chairman, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: On June 26, 1996, the Committee on 
Resources ordered reported H.R. 2636, to transfer jurisdiction 
over certain parcels of Federal real property located in the 
District of Columbia, to the House of Representatives, with a 
small technical amendment. While the Committee on Resources has 
primary jurisdiction over the bill, it was additionally 
referred to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and 
your Committee.
    This is a noncontroversial measure, and I would like to 
bring this bill to the Floor before the August recess. 
Therefore, I ask that the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight waives its additional referral of the legislation. I 
have enclosed a copy of the Resource Committee-reported text 
for your reference. The Transportation Committee has already 
filed its report on the measure (Report 104-368, Part I) and I 
plan to have the Resources Committee report filed the week of 
July 8.
    I would, of course, be pleased to support a request to have 
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight represented on 
any conference with the Senate on H.R. 2636, although I hope 
that a conference would be necessary.
    Thank you again for your cooperation on this matter and I 
forward to working with you in the future on issues which 
affect both our Committees. I will be pleased to include this 
letter and your response in the Committee report on H.R. 2636.
            Sincerely,
                                               Don Young, Chairman.
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                          House of Representatives,
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
                                      Washington, DC, July 1, 1996.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Chairman Young: The Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight agrees to waive jurisdiction over the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as it relates 
to transfer of Federal real property to the House of 
Representatives, the Secretary of Interior and the Government 
of the District of Columbia in H.R. 2636.
    I am happy to expedite this process as it is my 
understanding that H.R. 2636 would locate within Washington, DC 
a national memorial to Japanese-American patriotism in World 
War II.
    I appreciate the opportunity to work with you on this 
important and historic matter.
            Sincerely,
                                 William F. Clinger, Jr., Chairman.