[House Report 105-518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-518
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     LLOYD D. GEORGE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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 May 7, 1998.--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. 2225]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 2225) to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse to be constructed on Las 
Vegas Boulevard between Bridger Avenue and Clark Avenue in Las 
Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse'', having considered the same, report 
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill 
do pass.
    Judge Lloyd D. George was born on February 22, 1930, in 
Montpelier, Idaho. He attended grade school and high school in 
Las Vegas, Nevada. Judge George earned his B.S. from Brigham 
Young University in 1955. Later that same year, Judge George 
entered the United States Air Force. He participated as a 
fighter pilot in the Strategic Air Command. When he concluded 
his military service in 1958 he held the rank of Captain. In 
1961, Judge George earned his J.D. from the University of 
California at Berkeley.
    Judge George was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1961, and 
began practice in Las Vegas. In 1974, Judge George was 
appointed by the Ninth Circuit to preside over the United 
States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada for a term 
of fourteen years. In 1980, he became a member of the Ninth 
Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panels.
    In 1984, President Ronald Reagan appointed Judge George to 
the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. On 
July 15, 1992, Judge George was elevated to Chief Judge of the 
Nevada District.
    During his tenure on the bench Chief Judge George held a 
variety of distinguished memberships. He was a board member on 
the Federal Judicial Center, a member of the National 
Bankruptcy Conference, the Chair of the Judicial Advisory for 
Bankruptcy Rules, the Chair of the Judicial Committee on 
Administration of Bankruptcy System, a Fellow at the American 
College of Bankruptcy, and a member of the Judicial Committee 
on International Judicial Relations.

                        COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XI

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives:
    (A) The Committee did not hold hearings on the resolution 
and therefore have no oversight findings or recommendations 
pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives.
    (B) 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.
    (C) The Committee has received no report from the Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight of oversight findings and 
recommendations pursuant to clause 4(c)(2) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (D) The estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, is as follows:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                       Washington, DC, May 6, 1998.
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 May 
6, 1998. CBO estimates that their enactment would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget, and 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. 2225, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse to be constructed on Las 
        Vegas Boulevard between Bridger Avenue and Clark Avenue 
        in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George Federal 
        Building and United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 2730, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 309 North Church Street in Dyersburg, 
        Tennessee, as the ``Jere Cooper Federal Building;''
          H.R. 3295, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 1301 Clay Street in Oakland, California, as 
        the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building;'' and
          H.R. 3453, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and post office located at 100 East B Street, Casper, 
        Wyoming, as the ``Dick Cheney Federal Building.''
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R. 
Righter. This estimate was approved by Paul N. Van de Water, 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
            Sincerely,
                                 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 THE LEGISLATION

    Clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and 
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the 
report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is 
included in this report.

                       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 May 6, 1998, 
a quorum being present, H.R. 2225 was unanimously approved by a 
voice vote and ordered reported.

                                
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