[House Report 105-211]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    105-211
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               HOWARD T. MARKEY NATIONAL COURTS BUILDING

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   July 28, 1997.--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. 824]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 824) to redesignate the Federal 
building located at 717 Madison Place, NW., in the District of 
Columbia, as the ``Howard T. Markey National Courts Building'', 
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.-
    Howard T. Markey presided on the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the court's creation in 
1982, until he stepped down as Chief Judge. He also served as 
judge and chief judge of the late Court of Customs and Patent 
Appeals.
    Judge Markey has been a leader in the Federal Judiciary 
from the time of his initial appointment in 1972. He was a 
brilliant patent lawyer prior to ascending the bench, and 
served as Dean of the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago, 
Illinois, after stepping down from the bench.
    Wholly apart from his monumental contributions to American 
jurisprudence through his arguments at the bar and his opinions 
from the bench, Judge Markey had a profound and ameliorative 
impact upon our legal system by leading the movement which 
culminated in the creation of the Federal Circuit. Judge Markey 
had the insight to recognize, and the intellectual power to 
make the case, that the nation would be better served if 
appeals in the domains of intellectual property law, Federal 
claims, and Federal civil service matters were taken to a 
single national tribunal rather than disparate geographic 
courts.
    As the Federal Circuit's first and most influential chief 
judge, Judge Markey raised the court's stature to the world's 
most respected and precedent setting court on matters of 
intellectual property, international trade, governmental 
obligations to citizens, and public sector personnel law. -

                        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 Subcommittee held a markup of this legislation on 
July 23, 1997.
    (2) The requirements of section 308(a)(l) 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 not received a 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, July 25, 1997.
Hon. Bud Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of 
        Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed the following bills, which were ordered reported by 
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on 
July 23, 1997. This cost estimate supersedes the estimate CBO 
prepared on July 24, 1997, and reflects a subsequent technical 
amendment provided by the Committee changing the bill title of 
H.R. 1479.
    Enacting these bills would have no significant impact on 
the federal budget. The bills would not affect direct spending 
or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not 
apply. The bills contain no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal 
governments. The bills reviewed are:
          H.R. 29, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the 
        ``Ronald H. Brown Federal Building;''
          H.R. 81, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 401 South Michigan Street in 
        South Bend, Indiana, as the ``Robert K. Rodibaugh 
        United States Bankruptcy Courthouse;''
          H.R. 548, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street in New York 
        City, New York, as the ``Ted Weiss United States 
        Courthouse;''
          H.R. 595, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 475 Mulberry 
        Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ``William Augustus 
        Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 613, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 61 Forsyth Street, SW, in Atlanta, Georgia, 
        as the ``Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center;''
          H.R. 643, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior 
        and Huron Roads in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``Carl B. 
        Stokes United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 824, a bill to redesignate the federal building 
        located at 717 Madison Place, NW, in the District of 
        Columbia, as the ``Howard T. Markey National Courts 
        Building;''
          H.R. 892, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 236 Sharkey Street in Clarksdale, 
        Mississippi, as the ``Aaron Henry Federal Building and 
        United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 962, a bill to redesignate a federal building in 
        Suitland, Maryland, as the ``W. Edwards Deming Federal 
        Building;''
          H.R. 994, a bill to designate the United States 
        border station located in Pharr, Texas, as the ``Kika 
        de la Garza United States Border Station;''
          H.R. 1479, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 300 Northeast 
        First Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the ``David W. Dyer 
        Federal Building and United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 1484, a bill to redesignate the United States 
        courthouse located at 100 Franklin Street in Dublin, 
        Georgia, as the ``J. Roy Rowland United States 
        Courthouse;''
          H.R. 1502, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 301 West Main Street in Benton, 
        Illinois, as the ``James L. Foreman United States 
        Courthouse;'' and
          H.R. 1851, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 200 South Washington Street in 
        Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Martin V. B. Bostetter, 
        Jr. United States Courthouse.''
    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).

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Pursuant to clause (2)(l)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or joint 
resolution of a public character shall include a statement 
citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the 
Constitution to enact the measure. The Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure finds that Congress has the 
authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted 
under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.

                          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. 
824, 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 July 23, 
1997, a quorum being present, H.R. 824 was unanimously approved 
by a voice vote and ordered reported.

                                
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