[House Report 108-30]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     108-30

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               DESIGNATION OF TED WEISS FEDERAL BUILDING

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   March 10, 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. 145]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 145) to designate the Federal 
building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the 
``Ted Weiss Federal Building'', 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 located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the 
``Ted Weiss Federal Building.''

                BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

    Ted Weiss was born in Gava, Hungary, on September 17, 1927. 
At the age of 11, to escape persecution by the Nazi regime, Ted 
Weiss and his family took passage on one of the last passenger 
ships to leave Hamburg, Germany in 1938. The Weiss family 
settled in the United States, and in 1946, Ted Weiss graduated 
from Hoffman High School in South Amboy, New Jersey. Upon his 
graduation, Ted Weiss joined the United States Army. After one 
year in the Army, Ted Weiss enrolled at Syracuse University, 
where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and a Law Degree in 
1952.
    Ted Weiss became a naturalized United States Citizen and 
was admitted to the practice of law in 1953. From 1955 to 1959, 
Ted Weiss served as an Assistant District Attorney for New York 
City. From 1959 to 1976, he was in private practice in New York 
City. At the same time, he served on the New York City Council 
from 1962 to 1977. In 1976, Congressman Weiss was elected to 
the U.S. House of Representatives to serve in the 95th and for 
each of the seven succeeding Congresses.
    While in Congress he received numerous awards and 
recognition for his legislative efforts, including the Consumer 
Federation of America's Public Service Award and the NAACP's 
National Legislative Award. He was a member of the Banking, 
Finance and Urban Affairs; Foreign Affairs; and Government 
Operations Committees, as well as the Select Committee on 
Children, Youth, and Families and Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations. Congressman Weiss passed away on 
September 4, 1992.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section One designates the Federal building located at 290 
Broadway in New York, New York, as the ``Ted Weiss Federal 
Building''.

Sec. 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 located at 290 Broadway in New 
York, New York, be deemed a reference to the ``Ted Weiss 
Federal Building''.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    No hearings were held in conjunction with ordering reported 
H.R. 145.
    On February 26, 2003, the Full Committee met in open 
session and ordered reported H.R. 145, a bill designating the 
Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York 
as the ``Ted Weiss Federal Building.'' 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. 145 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. 145.

                             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. 
145 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. 145 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                     Washington, DC, March 7, 2003.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed H.R. 145, a bill to designate the federal building 
located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the ``Ted 
Weiss Federal Building,'' as ordered reported by the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 
2003.
    CBO estimates that enactment of this bill would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget, and would not affect 
direct spending or revenues. The bill 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.
    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. 145 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 THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 145 makes no changes in existing law.

                                
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