[House Report 106-921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-921

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              THEODORE ROOSEVELT UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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  October 2, 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. 5267]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 5267) to designate the United 
States courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central 
Islip, New York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United States 
Courthouse'', having considered the same, report favorably 
thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
    Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City in 1858. He 
was privately tutored and studied at Harvard University, where 
he was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated in 1880. After 
graduating he studied law at Columbia Law School for one year. 
In 1882, at the age of 23 he became a member of the New York 
State Assembly. He served in the Assembly until 1884, when 
President Benjamin Harrison appointed him a member of the 
United States Civil Service Commission. In 1895 he resigned 
from the Commission and became president of the New York Board 
of Police Commissioners. In 1897 he resigned from the New York 
Board of Police Commissioners when President William McKinley 
appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He resigned that 
post and joined the war against Spain. During the Spanish-
American War he organized the First Regiment, United States 
Volunteer Cavalry known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders. In 1899 he 
was elected Governor of New York. He served for one year before 
being elected Vice President of the United States on the 
Republican ticket headed by President McKinley. In September 
1901, President McKinley was shot, and died 3 days later in 
Buffalo, New York. On September 14, 1901 President Roosevelt 
took the oath of office and became President at the age of 42.
    During Roosevelt's first term as President he acquired land 
for the Panama Canal. The Panamanian government leased the land 
to the United States and construction of the canal began. 
President Roosevelt was re-elected in 1904. He championed 
reform legislation such as the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Meat 
Inspection Act and the Hepburn Act which empowered the 
government to set railroad rates. During Roosevelt's presidency 
the government initiated 30 major irrigation projects, added 
125 million acres to the national forest reserves, and doubled 
the number of national parks.
    After making unsuccessful bids for the presidency in 1912 
and 1916 on the Progressive Party ticket, President Roosevelt 
settled in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York and engaged in 
literary pursuits. He passed away in 1919.
    This designation is a fitting tribute to the 26th President 
of the United States.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On September 27, 2000, the Committee met in open session 
and ordered reported H.R. 5267, designating the United States 
courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New 
York as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse,'' 
approved September 27, 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. 
5267.

                              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. 
5267, reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 5267, 
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. 5267.
    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. 
5267, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                Washington, DC, September 28, 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 
September 27, 2000:
          H.R. 5267, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central 
        Islip, New York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United 
        States Courthouse''; and
          H.R. 5284, a bill to designate the United States 
        customhouse located at 101 East Main Street in Norfolk, 
        Virginia, as the ``Owen B. Pickett United States 
        Customhouse.''
    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 bills contain 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.
    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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