[House Report 107-71]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     107-71

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                      RON de LUGO FEDERAL BUILDING

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May 21, 2001.--Referred to the House calendar and ordered to be printed

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     Mr. Young of Alaska, from the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 495]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 495) to designate the Federal 
building located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States 
Virgin Islands, as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building'', having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the bill do pass.
    Ron de Lugo was born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1930. He 
attended Saint Peter and Saint Paul School in St. Thomas, and 
later went on to Colegio San Jose, Puerto Rico. Delegate de 
Lugo served in the United States Army as a Program Director and 
announcer for the Armed Forces Radio Service from 1948 until 
1950. In 1956, he was elected territorial senator for the 
Virgin Islands, a position he held for eight years; during 
which time he served as minority leader and a member of the 
Democratic National Committee. In 1968, Delegate de Lugo turned 
his focus to Washington by being named the Virgin Islands' 
representative to Congress. Through this post, Ron de Lugo 
educated his colleagues about the people of the Virgin Islands. 
In January 1981, Ron de Lugo was officially elected Delegate to 
the Ninety-seventh Congress from the Virgin Islands, a position 
he would hold until the conclusion of his career in 1995.

                    HEARINGS AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

    No hearings were held in conjunction with ordering reported 
H.R. 495.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On May 16, 2001, the Full Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H.R. 495, to designate the Federal building 
located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin 
Islands, as the `Ron de Lugo Federal Building'. It was approved 
March 28, 2001, by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, 
Public Buildings and Emergency Management, by voice vote with a 
quorum present. There were no recorded votes taken during 
Committee consideration of H.R. 495.

                            ROLL CALL 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. 
495 reported. A motion by Mr. LaTourette to order H.R. 495 
favorably reported to the House was agreed to by voice vote, a 
quorum being present.

                      COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

    With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(1) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are 
reflected in this report.

                          COST OF LEGISLATION

    Clause 3(c)(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 clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the rules 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee advises that the 
bill contains no measure that authorizes funding, so no 
statement of general performance and objectives for which any 
measure authorizes funding is required.
    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. 495 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, May 17, 2001.
Hon. Don Young,
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 May 
16, 2001:
    H.R. 495, a bill to designate the Federal building located 
in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, 
as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building''; and
    H.R. 819, a bill to designate the Federal building located 
at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. 
Pease Federal Building.''
    CBO estimates that their enactment would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget, and would not effect 
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 Lanette J. 
Walker.
            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.

                       FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

    The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal 
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act. (Public Law 104-4.)

                      ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this 
legislation.

                APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act. (Public Law 
104-1.)

                                  
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