[House Report 106-542]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-542
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   AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS FOR THE 200TH BIRTHDAY 
                 CELEBRATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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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. 279]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 279) 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 200th 
birthday celebration of the Library of Congress, having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the concurrent resolution be agreed to.
    House Concurrent Resolution 279, authorizes the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the 200th birthday celebration of the 
Library of Congress to be held on April 24, 2000. The 
resolution also authorizes the Architect of the Capitol and the 
Capitol Police Board to take such actions and prescribe such 
conditions as necessary 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 admission charge. In addition, sales, advertisements, 
displays, and solicitations are explicitly prohibited on the 
Capitol Grounds for this event.
    The Library of Congress's birthday celebration includes a 
free concert, open to the public, between noon and 1:30 p.m. 
The concert will be held on the West Front Plaza of the 
Jefferson Building facing the United States Capitol. First 
Street between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street will 
be closed so the concert can be viewed from the East Front of 
the Capitol.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On March 16, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H. Con. Res. 279, to authorize the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the Library of Congress's 200th birthday 
celebration, 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. 279.

                              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. 279 reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H. Con. 
Res. 279 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. 279.
    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. 279 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

H. Con. Res. 279--Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the 
        200th birthday celebration of the Library of Congress

    H. Con. Res. 279 would authorize the Library of Congress to 
use the Capitol grounds on April 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. CBO estimates that passage of H. Con. Res. 279 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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