[House Report 106-688]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-688

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               ADRIAN A. SPEARS JUDICIAL TRAINING CENTER

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   June 22, 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. 1959]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 1959) to designate the Federal 
building located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, 
Texas, as the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center'' 
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 I. DESIGNATION.

    The Federal building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San 
Antonio, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ``Adrian A. Spears 
Judicial Training Center''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in 
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Adrian A. Spears 
Judicial Training Center''.

    Amend the title so as to read:

    A bill to designate the Federal building located at 643 
East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the ``Adrian 
A. Spears Judicial Training Center''.

    Adrian Spears was born in Darlington, South Carolina on 
July 8, 1910. He attended local schools, graduated from the 
University of North Carolina in 1929, and the South Carolina 
School of Law in 1934. He moved to San Antonio in 1937, and 
practiced law until his appointment by President Kennedy to the 
Federal bench in 1961.
    While he received a recess appointment initially, the 
Senate confirmed his appointment in 1962, the same year he 
became Chief Judge, a position he held until 1979. He was chief 
judge longer than anyone else, and will hold that honor 
indefinitely, since current law prohibits a judge serving as 
chief judge longer than seven years. He assumed senior status 
in 1979 and retired from the Federal bench in 1982, when he 
became vice president of an oil company, a position he held 
until his death in 1991.
    Judge Spears was a member in good standing of the Texas 
State bar, a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the 
Administration of Criminal Law, served on the Federal Judicial 
Center Board, and was the recipient of the Rosewood Gavel 
Award, St. Mary's School of Law.
    This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.

                        committee consideration

    On June 21, 2000, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H.R. 1959, as amended, designating the Federal 
building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, 
Texas as the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center'', 
approved June 20, 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. 
1959, 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. 
1959, as amended reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 
1959, 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. 1959, 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. 
1959, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                     Washington, DC, June 21, 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 
June 21, 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. 1959, a bill to designate the federal building located 
at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the 
``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center'';
    H.R. 3323, a bill to designate the federal building located 
at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the 
``Floyd H. Flake Federal Building''; and
    H.R. 4608, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee, as 
the ``James H. Quillen 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,
                                           Steven Lieberman
                                    (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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