[House Report 110-132]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    110-132

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         DESIGNATION OF JAMES A. LEACH UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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 May 8, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Oberstar, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 1505]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 1505) to designate the Federal 
building located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as 
the ``James A. Leach Federal Building'', having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend 
that the bill as amended do pass.
  The amendments are as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

  The United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in 
Davenport, Iowa, shall be known and designated as the ``James A. Leach 
United States Courthouse''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

  Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James A. Leach 
United States Courthouse''.

  Amend the title so as to read:
    A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 131 
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach United 
States Courthouse''.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    H.R. 1505, as amended, designates the United States 
courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, 
as the ``James A. Leach United States Courthouse''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    James Albert Smith Leach was born in Davenport, Iowa, on 
October 15, 1942. Leach attended the public schools of 
Davenport, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from 
Princeton University in 1964. Leach later received a Master of 
Arts degree in Soviet Politics from the School of Advanced 
International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in 1966, and 
subsequently attended the London School of Economics.
    Former Representative Leach began his public service career 
in 1965 as a staff person to then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld. 
In 1968, Leach joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign 
Service Officer and subsequently served as special assistant to 
director at the Office of Economic Opportunity. In the 1970s, 
Rep. Leach served in various capacities with the United 
Nations, the United States Advisory Commission on International 
Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Federal Home Loan Bank 
Board.
    In 1976, Rep. Leach was elected to Congress. Rep. Leach 
represented the 2nd District of Iowa in the United States House 
of Representatives for 30 years (1977-2007). A career public 
servant, Rep. Leach chaired the Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. 
He holds eight honorary degrees, has received decorations from 
two foreign governments, and is the recipient of the Wayne 
Morse Integrity in Politics Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award 
from Johns Hopkins University, the Adlai Stevenson Award from 
the United Nations Association, and the Edger Wayburn Award 
from the Sierra Club.
    In February 2007, former Rep. Leach joined the faculty of 
Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International 
Affairs as a visiting professor.
    In honor of Representative James A. Leach's outstanding 
public service and his exemplary professional career, it is 
both fitting and proper to designate the U.S. courthouse 
located on 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the 
``James A. Leach United States Courthouse''.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 131 
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach 
United States Courthouse''.

Section 2. References

    Section 2 declares that any reference in law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the United States courthouse referred to in Section 1 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James A. Leach 
United States Courthouse''.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On March 13, 2007, Representative Loebsack introduced H.R. 
1505. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress.
    On May 2, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 1505. 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management Chairwoman Norton offered an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute to make a technical correction to 
the bill. The amendment designates the facility as the ``James 
A. Leach United States Courthouse''. The amendment was agreed 
to by voice vote. The Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure ordered the bill reported favorably to the House 
by voice vote.

                              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 consideration 
of H.R. 1505. A motion to order H.R. 1505, as amended, reported 
favorably to the House was agreed to by voice vote with a 
quorum 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 included in the report.
    2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
performance goals and objectives of this legislation are to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th 
Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A. Leach United 
States Courthouse''.
    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 enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1505 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                       Washington, DC, May 3, 2007.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed H.R. 1505, a bill to designate the federal building 
located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the 
``James A. Leach United States Courthouse,'' as ordered 
reported by the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure on May 2, 2007.
    CBO estimates that enactment of this legislation 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,
                                           Peter R. Orszag,
                                                          Director.

                     COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, H.R. 1505 does not contain any 
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff 
benefits as defined in clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

                   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. 1505 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. 1505 makes no changes in existing law.

                                  
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