[House Report 106-552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-552

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                   C.B. KING UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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   March 29, 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 S. 1567]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (S. 1567) to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 223 Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as 
the ``C.B. King United States Courthouse'', having considered 
the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and 
recommends 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 United States courthouse located at 223 Broad Avenue in Albany, 
Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

  Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``C.B. King 
United States Courthouse''.

  Amend the title so as to read:

      A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 
Broad Avenue in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse''.

    Chevene Bowers ``C.B.'' King was born in Albany, Georgia on 
October 12, 1923. King served in the Navy and graduated from 
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He later earned his 
law degree from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. 
C.B. King was a cooperating attorney with the NAACP Legal 
Defense and Education Fund starting in 1964. He was the lead 
attorney in three school desegregation cases throughout 
Georgia. In an early civil rights movement in Albany, Georgia 
known as the ``Albany Movement,'' King lead the way to ensure 
the right to peaceably assemble and demonstrate. He also 
represented African American voters and candidates for office 
in the fight against unconstitutional segregation and 
discrimination. In rural Georgia, King argued a series of 
lawsuits that exposed discriminatory practices in the selection 
of jurors violating the Fourteenth Amendment. Through these 
lawsuits racial and sex discrimination were eliminated from 
jury selection. His actions lead to the passage of the Jury 
Selection and Service Act of 1968. King also argued a number of 
cases that strengthened provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 regarding equal opportunities for African Americans.
    This designation is a fitting honor to a dedicated civil 
rights pioneer.

                        committee consideration

    On March 23, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported S. 1567, as amended, designating the United 
States courthouse under construction in Albany, Georgia as the 
``C.B. King United States Courthouse,'' approved March 22, 
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 S. 1567, 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 S. 
1567, as amended, reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order S. 
1567, 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 S. 1567, 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 S. 1567, 
as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, March 29, 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 legislation, which was ordered reported 
by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on 
March 23, 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 legislation contains 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. 1359, a bill to designate the federal 
        building and United States courthouse to be constructed 
        at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the 
        ``Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal 
        Building and United States Courthouse''; and
           S. 1567, an act to designate the United 
        States courthouse located at 223 Broad Street in 
        Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King 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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