[House Report 105-614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-614
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      HIRAM H. WARD FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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   July 14, 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. 2379]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 2379) to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main 
Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Hiran H. Ward 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the bill do pass.
    Hiram H. Ward was born in Thomasville, North Carolina on 
April 29, 1923. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel Pilot, in the 
United States Army Air Force, Civil Air Patrol from 1940 until 
1945. For his efforts during World War II, Judge Ward received 
an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
    Upon his return from the war, Judge Ward attended Wake 
Forest University, with the initial intent of pursuing a career 
in journalism. However, he turned his sights to law and 
graduated with honors from Wake Forest School of Law in 1950. 
Later that same year Judge Ward was admitted to the North 
Carolina Bar Association.
    Judge Ward began his career in the private sector, where he 
practiced for twenty years and became a partner in a private 
law firm in Lexington, North Carolina. In 1972, Judge Ward was 
appointed by President Nixon to the federal bench for the 
Middle District of North Carolina. He served the Middle 
District from 1972, achieving the status of Chief Judge in 
1982, until 1988. In 1988, Judge Ward elected to take senior 
status, retaining all of his pending cases, and continued to 
sit for an additional six years with the Fourth Circuit Court 
of Appeals.
    It is indeed a fitting tribute to name the United States 
Courthouse in Winston-Salem in honor of this distinguished 
jurist.

                                HEARINGS

    The Committee did not hold hearings on H.R. 2379.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On June 25, 1998, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H.R. 2379, to designate the federal building 
and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main Street, 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Hiram H. Ward Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse,'' unanimously by voice 
vote, a quorum being present.

                             ROLLCALL VOTES

    Clause 2(l)(2)(B) of rule XI requires each committee report 
to include the total number of votes cast for and against on 
each rollcall vote on a motion to report and on any amendment 
offered to the measure or matter, and the names of those 
members voting for and against. There were no recorded votes 
taken in connection with ordering H.R. 2379 reported. A motion 
by Mr. Kim to order H.R. 2379 reported to the House, without 
amendment, was agreed to by voice vote, a quorum being present.

                      COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(3)(A) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, oversight findings and 
recommendations have been made by the Committee as reflected in 
this report.

                        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.

                     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 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee 
references the report of the Congressional Budget Office 
included below.
    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. 2379.
    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 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Committee has received the following cost estimate for H.R. 
2379 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                     Washington, DC, June 25, 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 
June 25, 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 and would impose no costs on 
state, local, or tribal governments. The bills reviewed are:
          H.R. 2379, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main 
        Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Hiram 
        H. Ward Federal Building and United States 
        Courthouse;''
          H.R. 2787, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 141 Church Street in New Haven, 
        Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee United States 
        Courthouse;''
          H.R. 3223, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the 
        ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal Building;''
          H.R. 3696, a bill to designate the federal courthouse 
        located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, 
        as the ``James F. Battin United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 3982, a bill to designate the federal building 
        located at 310 New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North 
        Carolina, as the ``Terry Sanford Federal Building;'' 
        and
          S. 1800, an act to designate the federal building and 
        United States courthouse located at 85 Marconi 
        Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the ``Joseph P. 
        Kinneary 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. This estimate was approved by Robert A. Sunshine, 
Deputy 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.

                       FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

    The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of federal 
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act.

                      ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

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

                APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate 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.

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 2379 makes no changes in existing law.

                                
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