[House Report 105-36]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                     105-36
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     J. PHIL CAMPBELL, SENIOR, NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION CENTER

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 March 20, 1997.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Smith of Oregon, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 785]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 785) to designate the J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural 
Resource Conservation Center, having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 
the bill do pass.

                           brief explanation

    H.R. 785 designates the Southern Piedmont Conservation 
Research Center as the ``J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural 
Resource Conservation Center''.

                            purpose and need

    H.R. 785 is intended to rename the Piedmont Conservation 
Research Center as the ``J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural 
Resource Conservation Center'' in order to memorialize the 
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointee who was instrumental in 
locating the Center in Watkinsville, Georgia, and maintaining 
funding of the Center and for his profound contribution to 
American agriculture.

                           section-by-section

    Section 1 provides that the Piedmont Conservation Research 
Center located at 1420 Experimental Station Road in 
Watkinsville, Georgia, be designated as the ``J. Phil Campbell, 
Senior, Natural Resource Conservation Center''.
    Section 2 provides that any reference to the Center in a 
map, regulation or the like reflect this designation.

                        committee consideration

    The Committee on Agriculture met, pursuant to notice and 
with a quorum present, on March 12, 1997, to consider H.R. 785 
and other pending business. Chairman Smith recognized Mr. 
Combest, Chairman of the Subcommittee, for an explanation of 
H.R. 785 and other pending legislation. Mr. Combest requested 
that by unanimous consent the Subcommittee on Forestry, 
Resource Conservation, and Research be discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 785 and other legislation (H.R. 111 and 
H.R. 394 were included in the request). Without objection, the 
unanimous consent request was agreed to.
    Mr. Combest provided a brief explanation of the bill, and 
Mr. Chambliss was also recognized and spoke in favor of the 
bill. After consideration of several bills, Mr. Combest moved 
that the bill, H.R. 785, be adopted and favorably reported to 
the House with a recommendation that it pass. Mr. Combest's 
motion was agreed to by a voice vote of the Committee, a 
majority quorum being present.
    The Committee then proceeded to other items of business.

                   reporting the bill--rollcall votes

    In compliance with clause 2(l)(2) of rule XI of the House 
of Representatives, H.R. 785 was reported by voice vote with a 
majority quorum present. There was no request for a recorded 
vote.

                        administration position

    Because H.R. 785 is identical to a bill, H.R. 3387, that 
was reported favorably to the House June 19, 1996, the 
Department of Agriculture was not requested to provide its 
views on the bill, and the Department of Agriculture did not 
offer views. During consideration of H.R. 3387 in the 104th 
Congress, the Department of Agriculture indicated it had no 
objection to enactment of H.R. 3387.

           budget act compliance (sections 308, 403, and 424)

    The provisions of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (relating to estimates of new 
budget authority, new spending authority, new credit authority, 
or increased or decreased revenues or tax expenditures) are not 
considered applicable. The estimate and comparison required to 
be prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
under clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and sections 403 and 424 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 submitted to the Committee prior to the 
filing of this report are as follows:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, March 13, 1997.
Hon. Bob Smith,
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 785, a bill to 
designate the J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural Resource 
Conservation Center.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Jim Langley.
            Sincerely,
                                         June E. O'Neill, Director.
    Enclosure.

               congressional budget office cost estimate

H.R. 785--A bill to designate the J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural 
        Resource Conservation Center

    CBO estimates that enacting this bill would have no 
significant effect on the federal budget. Because the bill 
would not affect direct spending or receipts, pay-as-you-go 
procedures would not apply. H.R. 785 contains no 
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 and would have no impact 
on the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
    H.R. 785 would designate the Southern Piedmont Conservation 
Research Center located at 1420 Experimental Station Road in 
Watkinsville, Georgia, as the ``J. Phil Campbell, Senior, 
Natural Resource Conservation Center.''
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jim Langley. 
This estimate was approved by Paul N. Van de Water, Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                   constitutional authority statement

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee finds the 
Constitutional authority for this legislation in Article I, 
clause 8, section 18, that grants Congress the power to make 
all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers 
vested by Congress in the Government of the United States or in 
any department or officer thereof.

                          oversight statement

    No summary of oversight findings and recommendations made 
by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight as provided 
for in clause 2(l)(3)(D) of rule XI, and under clause 4(c)(2) 
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives was 
available to the Committee with reference to the subject matter 
specifically addressed by H.R. 785.

                      committee oversight findings

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

                        committee cost estimate

    Pursuant to clause 7(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representative, the Committee report incorporates the 
cost estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office pursuant to sections 403 and 424 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                      advisory committee statement

    No advisory committee within the meaning of section 5(b) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act is created by this 
legislation.

                applicability to the legislative branch

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not related 
to the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 
104-1).

                                
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