[House Report 106-539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-539

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 AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS FOR THE GREATER WASHINGTON 
                             SOAP BOX DERBY

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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. Con. Res. 277]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 277) 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby, having considered the same, report 
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the 
concurrent resolution be agreed to.
    House Concurrent Resolution 277, authorizes the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby 
qualifying race, scheduled for June 24, 2000, or on such other 
date as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration may jointly 
designate. The resolution also authorizes the Architect of the 
Capitol, the Capitol Police Board, and the Greater Washington 
Soap Box Derby Association, the sponsor of the event, to 
negotiate the necessary arrangements for carrying out the event 
in complete compliance with the rules and regulations governing 
the use of the Capitol Grounds. The event is open to the public 
and free of charge; and the sponsor will assume responsibility 
for all expenses and liabilities related to the event. In 
addition, sales, advertisements, displays, and solicitations 
are explicitly prohibited on the Capitol Grounds for this 
event.
    The race is to take place on Constitution Avenue between 
Delaware Avenue and Third Street, NW. Participants competing in 
the event range from ages 9 to 16. These participants come from 
Washington, D.C. and the surrounding communities in Virginia 
and Maryland.
    The event provides the participants, spectators, tourists 
and residents of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area with a 
safe and enjoyable day of activities. The soap box races in 
Washington, D.C. have taken place for over 55 years, and it is 
currently one of the largest races in the country. Winners of 
this event will represent the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area 
in a national soap box competition held in Akron, Ohio.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On March 16, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H. Con. Res. 277, to authorize the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby 
Association, 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. Con. Res. 277.

                              RECORD VOTES

    Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules 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. Con. Res. 47, as amended, reported. A motion 
by Mr. Franks to order H. Con. Res. 277, 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. Con. Res. 277.
    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. Con. 
Res. 277, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

               congressional budget office cost estimate

H. Con. Res. 277--Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the 
        Greater Washington Soap Box Derby

    H. Con. Res. 277 would authorize the Greater Washington 
Soap Box Derby Association to use the Capitol grounds on June 
24, 2000, or on such other date as the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration may jointly designate. Because it would require 
that the association assume responsibility for all expenses and 
liabilities associated with the event, CBO estimates that 
passage of H. Con. Res. 277 would result in no significant cost 
to the federal government.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is John R. Righter. 
The estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                   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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