[House Report 104-611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-611
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    WILLIAM J. NEALON FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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June 6, 1996.--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. 3364]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 3364) to designate a United States 
courthouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the ``William J. 
Nealon United States Courthouse'', having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the 
bill as amended do pass.
    The amendments are as follows:
    Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

    The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 235 
North Washington Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, shall be known and 
designated as the ``William J. Nealon Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Federal building and United States 
courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``William J. Nealon Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

    Amend the title so as to read:

    A bill to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 235 North Washington Avenue in Scranton, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``William J. Nealon Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.

    William J. Nealon was born in 1928, in Scranton, 
Pennsylvania. He attended the Scranton public schools, 
graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science 
Degree in Economics, and received his law degree from the 
Catholic University of America. After serving in the United 
States Marine Corps during World War II, he was admitted to the 
Pennsylvania Bar in 1951.
    Judge Nealon was first appointed to the bench as Judge of 
the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas in January of 1960, 
receiving the nomination of both political parties for a full 
ten-year term in 1961. In 1962, President Kennedy appointed 
Judge Nealon as the United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, making him at that time the youngest 
Federal judge in the country. He has been a member of the 
Federal bench for 33 years--the longest tenure ever for a judge 
in the Middle District, and currently serves as a Senior Judge.
    In 1979, he received the Distinguished Judicial Service 
Award from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and he 
has been honored as an outstanding trial judge by the 
Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Judge Nealon was honored in 
1983 by the American Trial Lawyers Association as the ``Most 
Outstanding Federal Judge in the United States.''
    Judge Nealon has been active in efforts to improve the 
administration of justice. He served as the representative of 
the Third Circuit to the Committee on the Administration of the 
Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 
He is a former member of the Third Circuit Judicial Council and 
was elected to serve as a member of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States.
    Judge Nealon served as the Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of Mercy Hospital in Scranton, Chair of the Board of 
the Scranton Catholic Youth Center, and Chair of the Board of 
Trustees of the University of Scranton.
    Judge Nealon is a man of integrity, fairness, good 
citizenship and possesses an unyielding commitment to his 
profession, community and family.

                        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 a hearing on this legislation 
        on May 23, 1996.
          (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, June 6, 1996.
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. 3364, a bill to designate the federal building 
and United States courthouse located at 235 North Washington 
Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the ``William J. Nealon 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse,'' as ordered 
reported by the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure on June 6, 1996. We estimate that enacting H.R. 
3364 would result in no significant cost to the federal 
government. The bill would not affect direct spending or 
receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply.
    In addition, H.R. 3364 contains no intergovernmental or 
private sector mandates as defined by Public Law 104-4 and 
would have no impact on the budgets of 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 John R. 
Righter.
            Sincerely,
                                         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 enactment of H.R. 3364 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. 
3364, as reported, in fiscal year 1997, and each of the 
following five years. 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 June 6, 1996, 
a quorum being present, H.R. 3364 was unanimously approved by a 
voice vote and ordered reported.