[House Report 108-450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-450

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           DESIGNATION OF SENATOR PAUL SIMON FEDERAL BUILDING

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   March 25, 2004.--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. 3713]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 3713) to designate the Federal 
building located at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, 
Illinois the ``Senate Paul Simon 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 H.R. 3713 is to provide for the designation 
of the Federal building located at 250 West Cherry Street in 
Carbondale, Illinois as the ``Senator Paul Simon Federal 
Building.''

                BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

    H.R. 3713 designates the Federal building located at 250 
West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois as the ``Senator 
Paul Simon Federal Building''. Senator Paul Simon was born in 
Eugene, Oregon on November 29, 1928 and attended public schools 
of Eugene and Concordia Academy High School. He went on to 
attend the University of Oregon at Eugene from 1945-46, and 
Dana College in Blair, Nebraska from 1946-48.
    At the age of 19, Senator Simon became the Nation's 
youngest editor-publisher by saving the Troy Tribune in Troy, 
Illinois. He expanded his newspaper business to a chain of 14 
weeklies in central and southern Illinois. Senator Simon used 
the newspaper to expose a syndicate gambling operation in 
Madison County, and in 1951 at the age of 22, he was called to 
testify before the United States Crime Investigating Committee.
    From 1951 until 1953, Senator Simon served in the United 
States Army. He was assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps 
as a special agent along the Iron Curtain in Europe. Upon his 
return from Europe, at the age of 25, Senator Simon was elected 
to the Illinois House of Representatives. He was re-elected 
three times before being elected to the State Senate in 1962 
for a four year-term. Voters returned him to the State Senate 
in 1966. Half way through his second State Senate term he was 
elected Lieutenant Governor and served until 1973. He was the 
first Lieutenant Governor to be elected to that post with the 
Governor of another party.
    Senator Simon was elected to the United States House of 
Representatives in 1974, where he served for ten years before 
being elected to the United States Senate in 1984. While in 
Congress, Senator Simon was a leading advocate for education, 
disability policy and foreign affairs. He was the chief sponsor 
of the Missing Children Act, which established the National 
Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Senator Simon also 
played a vital role with enacting job training education 
programs including the National Literacy Act, the School-to-
Work Opportunities Act, the Job Training Partnership Act and 
the direct college loan program. He was also the chief sponsor 
of the Balanced Budget amendment of 1986 and initiated 
legislation to designate the first five federally chartered 
high-speed rail corridors.
    Senator Simon held nearly 40 honorary degrees and wrote or 
co-wrote 15 books. He passed away on December 9, 2003.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    This section designates the Federal building located at 250 
West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois as the ``Senator 
Paul Simon Federal Building.''

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 building located at 250 West Cherry Street in 
Carbondale, Illinois shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Senator Paul Simon Federal Building.''

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    Mr. Costello of Illinois introduced H.R. 3713 on January 
21, 2004. On February 25, 2004, the Full Committee discharged 
the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management from further consideration. The Full 
Committee then considered H.R. 3713. A motion by Mr. 
LaTourette, to order H.R. 3713 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. 3713.

                             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 rollcall votes taken in connection with ordering H.R. 
3713 favorably reported to the House.

                      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 
goals and objectives 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. 
3713 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                 Washington, DC, February 26, 2004.
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 
February 25, 2004:
           H.R. 2523, a bill to designate the United 
        States courthouse located at 125 Bull Street, in 
        Savannah, Georgia, as the ``Tomochichi United States 
        Courthouse'';
           H.R. 2538, a bill to designate the United 
        States Courthouse located at 400 North Miami Avenue in 
        Miami, Florida, as the ``Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United 
        States Courthouse'';
           H.R. 3147, a bill to designate the federal 
        building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, 
        Utah, as the ``James V. Hansen Federal Building''; and
           H.R. 3713, a bill to designate the federal 
        building located at 250 West Cherry Street in 
        Carbondale, Illinois, as the ``Senator Paul Simon 
        Federal Building.''
    CBO estimates that enactment of these bills would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect 
direct spending or revenues. These 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 Matthew 
Pickford.
            Sincerely,
                                      Elizabeth M. Robinson
                               (For 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 1974 
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. 3713 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. 3713 makes no changes in existing law.

                                
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