[House Report 106-541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-541

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AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS FOR THE 19TH ANNUAL NATIONAL 
                    PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
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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. 278]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 278) 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 19th Annual 
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, having considered 
the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and 
recommend that the concurrent resolution be agreed to.
    House Concurrent Resolution 278, authorizes the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the 19th Annual National Peace Officers' 
Memorial Service, scheduled for May 15, 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 National Fraternal 
Order of Police, the sponsor, 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 will be 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 service is in honor of federal, state and local law 
enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 1999. The 
United States Capitol Police will be the hosting law 
enforcement agency for this event.

                        Committee Consideration

    On March 16, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H. Con. Res. 278, to authorize the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the Peace Officers' Memorial Service, 
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. 278.

                              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. 
Con. Res. 278, reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H. 
Con. Res. 278, 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. 278.
    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. 278, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

               congressional budget office cost estimate

H. Con. Res. 278--Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the 
        19th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service

    H. Con. Res. 278 would authorize the National Fraternal 
Order of Police to use the Capitol grounds on May 15, 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 sponsors assume responsibility for all expenses and 
liabilities associated with the event, CBO estimates that 
passage of H. Con. Res. 278 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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