[House Report 108-134]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-134

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   DESIGNATION OF THE BIRCH BAYH FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES 
                               COURTHOUSE

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June 2, 2003.--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. 1082]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 1082) to designate the federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio 
Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend 
that the bill do pass.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    The purpose of this legislation is to designate the federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio 
Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse.''

              BACKGROUND AND THE NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

    Senator Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. was born in Terre Haute, 
Indiana on January 22, 1928. Upon his graduation from the 
public schools of Terre Haute, Senator Bayh volunteered for and 
served in the United States Army from 1946-1948. Upon his 
return, he attended and graduated from Purdue University School 
of Agriculture at Lafayette, Indiana in 1951. He also attended 
Indiana State University at Terre Haute from 1952-1953.
    In 1954, he was elected to the State House of 
Representatives, serving as Minority Leader in 1957 and 1961 
and as Speaker in 1959. During his tenure in the Indiana House 
of Representatives, Senator Bayh also attended and graduated 
from Indiana University School of Law and was admitted to the 
Indiana bar in 1961.
    In 1962, Senator Bayh was elected as a Democrat to the 
United States Senate, and won re-election twice, serving from 
January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1981. During his tenure he served 
as the Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, as 
well as the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee 
on the Constitution, where he authored the 25th Amendment which 
sets forth the order of Presidential succession, and the 26th 
Amendment which lowers the voting age from 21 years to 18 years 
of age.
    Senator Bayh was a strong supporter of two pieces of 
landmark legislation--the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 
Voting Rights Act. He was a tireless champion of equal rights 
for women, children, and minorities. He authored Title IX to 
the Higher Education Act, which ensures equal opportunities for 
women students and faculty.
    Senator Bayh left the Senate in 1981 and returned to 
private practice in Indiana and Washington, D.C.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section one designates the federal building located at 46 
East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse.''

Section 2. References

    This section clarifies that any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, be 
deemed a reference to the ``Birch Bayh Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse.''

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    No hearings were held in conjunction with ordering reported 
H.R. 1082.
    On May 21, 2003, the Full Committee met in open session and 
ordered reported H.R. 1082, a bill designating the federal 
building located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, 
Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse.'' The bill was discharged from the Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management 
and a motion by Mr. LaTourette to order H.R. 1082 favorably 
reported to the House was agreed to by the Full Committee 
unanimously, by voice vote, with a quorum present. There were 
no recorded votes taken during Committee consideration of H.R. 
1082.

                             ROLLCALL 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 rollcall 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. 
1082 favorably reported.

                      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 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee 
references the report of the Congressional Budget Office 
included 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 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. 
1082 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, May 22, 2003.
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 legislation, as ordered reported by the 
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 21, 
2003:
       S. 703, an act to designate the regional 
headquarters building for the National Park Service under 
construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Carl T. Curtis 
National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building''; 
and
       H.R. 1082, a bill to designate the federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio 
Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse.''
    CBO estimates that their enactment would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect 
direct spending or revenues. These pieces of legislation 
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 Matthew 
Pickford.
            Sincerely,
                                       Douglas Holtz-Eakin,
                                                          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).

                        PREEMPTION CLARIFICATION

    Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1994 
requires the report of any committee on a bill or joint 
resolution to include a statement on the extent to which the 
bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local, 
or tribal law. The Committee states that H.R. 1082 does not 
preempt any state, local, or tribal law.

                      ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act are 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).

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 1082 makes no changes in existing law.

                                
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