[House Report 105-519]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-519
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                      DICK CHENEY FEDERAL BUILDING

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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. 3453]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 3453) to designate the Federal 
Building and Post Office located at 100 East B Street, Casper, 
Wyoming, as the ``Dick Cheney Federal Building'', having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the bill do pass.
    Dick Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 30, 
1941. He went on to attend public schools in Lincoln, Nebraska 
and in Casper, Wyoming. Mr. Cheney attended Yale University 
from 1959 to 1960, before returning to Wyoming to earn his B.A. 
from the University of Wyoming in 1963. He earned his M.A. from 
the University of Wyoming in 1966 and was a Ph.D. candidate at 
the University of Wisconsin in 1968. Mr. Cheney was also a 
Congressional Fellow from 1968-1969.
    After completing his Congressional Fellowship in 1969, Mr. 
Cheney joined the Nixon Administration. He served in a number 
of capacities within the Administration, including Assistant 
Director for the Cost of Living Council, Special Assistant to 
the Director at the Office of Economic Opportunity, and as a 
White House Staff Assistant.
    At the commencement of President Gerald Ford's 
Administration, Mr. Cheney facilitated the transition between 
administrations as a member of the transition team. He later 
went on to serve as Deputy Assistant to President Ford from 
1974-1975. At the age of 34, Mr. Cheney was then appointed 
Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff, in 
1975. He continued to serve in this capacity until the end of 
the Ford Administration.
    Following his career in the executive branch, in 1978 
Cheney was elected to the at-large seat from Wyoming. At the 
end of his first term, his Republican colleagues selected him 
to serve as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. 
Congressman Cheney was reelected to serve in the House for five 
more consecutive terms. He became Chairman of the Republican 
Conference and House Minority Whip during his tenure.
    In March of 1989, Congressman Cheney was appointed 
Secretary of Defense by President George Bush, a position he 
held until January of 1993. At the Defense Department, 
Secretary Cheney directed and oversaw several historical 
operations including ``Operation Just Cause'' in Panama and 
``Operation Desert Storm'' in the Middle East. Secretary 
Cheney's efforts and leadership during the ``Desert Storm'' 
operation led President Bush to award him the Presidential 
Medal of Freedom on July 3, 1991.

                        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-section 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. 3453 was unanimously approved by a 
voice vote and ordered reported.