[House Report 106-536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-536

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     J. SMITH HENLEY FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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   March 23, 2000.--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. 1605]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 1605) to designate the United 
States courthouse building located at 402 North Walnut Street 
and Prospect Avenue in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``Judge J. 
Smith Henley Federal Building'', having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the 
bill as amended do pass.
  The amendments are as follows:
  Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

  The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 402 
North Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas, shall be known and 
designated as the ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

  Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Federal building and United States 
courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

  Amend the title so as to read:

    A bill to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 402 North Walnut Street in Harrison, 
Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.

    Judge J. Smith Henley was born on May 18, 1917, in St. Joe, 
Arkansas. Judge Henley received his LLB from the University of 
Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1941. He was a member of the 
American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, the Bar 
Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Boone County Bar 
Association and the American Judicature Society.
    Judge Henley engaged in private practice from 1941 until 
1954. He was a former Referee in Bankruptcy for the Western 
District of Arkansas from 1943 until 1945. In 1954 he was an 
Associate General Counsel for the Federal Communications 
Commission and served as Director of the Office of 
Administrative Procedure, Department of Justice from 1956 until 
1958.
    In 1958 Judge Henley was appointed United States District 
Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. He 
served as Chief Judge of the Eastern District during his entire 
tenure on the District bench. He was appointed United States 
Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Eighth Circuit in March 1975. Judge Henley took Senior status 
in May 1982, and continued to carry an active docket until his 
death in 1987.
    This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.

                        committee consideration

    On March 16, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H.R. 1605, as amended, designating the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 402 North 
Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas as the ``J. Smith Henley 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse,'' approved March 
15, 2000, by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, by 
voice vote with a quorum present. There were no recorded votes 
taken during Committee consideration of H.R. 1605, as amended.

                              record votes

    Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives 
requires each committee report to include the total number of 
votes cast for and against on each record 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. 
1605, as amended reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 
1605, as amended, favorably reported to the House was agreed to 
by voice vote, a quorum being present.

                        cost of the legislation

    Clause 3(d)(2) 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 xiii

    1. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(2) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Committee references the report of the Congressional Budget 
Office below.
    2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of 
rule XIII 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 on the 
subject of H.R. 1605, as amended.
    3. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of 
rule XIII 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. 
1605, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, March 20, 2000.
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 
March 16, 2000. 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. 938, 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. 1279, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 236 Sharkey 
        Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the ``Aaron E. 
        Henry Federal Building and United States Courthouse;''
          H.R. 1605, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 402 North 
        Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith 
        Henley Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' 
        and
          H.R. 2412, a bill to designate the federal building 
        and United States courthouse located at 1300 South 
        Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E. 
        Ross Adair Federal Building and 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,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII 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.

                                  
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