[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.