[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.