[House Report 104-626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-626
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                       WILLIAM H. NATCHER BRIDGE

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   June 18, 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. 3572]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 3572) to designate the bridge on 
United States Route 231 which crosses the Ohio River between 
Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the ``William H. 
Natcher Bridge'', having considered the same, report favorably 
thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                                purpose

    H.R. 3572 would designate the bridge currently under 
construction on United States Route 231 near Owensboro, 
Kentucky, in honor of the late William H. Natcher, who served 
as a Representative from the Commonwealth of Kentucky for over 
40 years.
    Congressman William H. Natcher was born in Bowling Green, 
Kentucky, on September 11, 1909. He graduated from Western 
Kentucky State College in 1930 and from Ohio State University's 
law school in 1933. During World War II, Mr. Natcher served in 
the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945. He began his many years of public 
service serving as Federal Conciliation Commissioner for the 
Western District of Kentucky, County Attorney of Warren County, 
and Commonwealth Attorney before being elected to Congress in a 
special election in 1953. Mr. Natcher was a member of the House 
Committee on Appropriations, serving as chairman of two 
different subcommittees and then rising to assume chairmanship 
of the full Committee in 1993. While in Congress, Mr. Natcher 
cast a record 18,401 consecutive votes--not missing 14,161 
rollcall votes and 4,240 quorum calls over a 40-year period. 
Each year he issued only one press release, and that was to 
announce his voting record. Mr. Natcher died in office on March 
29, 1994.
    It is particularly fitting that this bridge be named in 
honor of Mr. Natcher since construction of this bridge was one 
of his top legislative priorities. He has been credited with 
being responsible for laying the groundwork for the bridge and 
securing Congressional support for its construction.
    Mr. Natcher's many years of dedicated public service to the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky and to the House of Representatives 
are truly deserving of being recognized through the naming of 
this bridge as the ``William H. Natcher Bridge.''

                            committee action

    On June 6, 1996, the Committee ordered the bill reported, 
by voice vote, without amendment, with a quorum present. In the 
103d Congress, the House passed an identical bill, H.R. 4980, 
on September 22, 1994.

            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, 
no oversight findings or recommendations are included in 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. 3572 will have no significant inflationary 
impact on prices and costs in the operation of the national 
economy.

                     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. 
3572 does not contain any new budget authority or new credit 
authority.
    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. 3572.
    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. 
3572 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, June 7, 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. 3572, a bill to designate the bridge on United 
States Route 231 which crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, 
Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the ``William H. Natcher 
Bridge,'' as ordered reported by the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure on June 6, 1996. We estimate 
that enacting H.R. 3572 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. 3572 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.

                                
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