[House Report 110-17]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     110-17

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         LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUILDING

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 February 16, 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. 584]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 584) to designate the headquarters 
building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as 
the Lyndon Baines Johnson 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 Federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in 
the District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the ``Lyndon 
Baines Johnson Department of Education Building''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in 
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Department of Education Building''.

    Amend the title so as to read:

    A bill to designate the Federal building located at 400 Maryland 
Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the ``Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Department of Education Building''.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    H.R. 584 as amended designates the federal building located 
at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as 
the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    Lyndon Baines Johnson was one of the leading figures of the 
20th century. This ``Teacher who became President'' served his 
country in numerous, distinguished ways, including as Lt. 
Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, as a Member of 
both houses of Congress, as Vice President of the United 
States, and as the 36th President of the United States.
    Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas. 
In 1927, he enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers College 
at San Marcos, Texas (Texas State University-San Marcos). He 
took a leave of absence for a year to serve as principal and 
teach fifth, sixth, and seventh grades at Welhausen School, a 
Mexican-American school in the South Texas town of Cotulla. He 
graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in August 1930. 
After graduation he taught at Pearsall High School in Pearsall, 
Texas, and taught public speaking at Sam Houston High School in 
Houston, Texas. In the spring of 1931, his debate team won the 
district championship.
    In a special election in 1937, Johnson won the U.S. House 
of Representatives seat representing the 10th Congressional 
District of Texas, defeating nine other candidates. He was re-
elected to a full term in the 76th Congress and to each 
succeeding Congress until 1948.
    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, 
Johnson became the first Member of Congress to volunteer for 
active duty in the armed forces (U.S. Navy), reporting for 
active duty on December 9, 1941. Johnson received the Silver 
Star from General Douglas MacArthur for gallantry in action 
during an aerial combat mission over hostile positions in New 
Guinea on June 9, 1942. President Roosevelt ordered all Members 
of Congress in the armed forces to return to their offices, and 
Johnson was released from active duty on July 16, 1942.
    In 1948, after a campaign in which he traveled by 
``newfangled'' helicopter all over the state, Johnson won the 
primary by 87 votes and earned the nickname ``Landslide 
Lyndon'', and in the general election was elected to the U.S. 
Senate. He was elected Minority Leader of the Senate in 1953 
and Majority Leader in 1955. He served in the U.S. Senate until 
he resigned to become Vice President in January 1961.
    Lyndon Johnson became the 36th President of the United 
States on November 22, 1963, after the assassination of 
President John F. Kennedy.
    During his administration, education was one of the many 
areas where President Johnson blazed new ground. He pursued 
numerous education initiatives, and signed many landmark 
education bills into law.
    In 1963, President Johnson approved the Higher Education 
Facilities Act (P.L. 88-204) which authorized a five-year 
program of federal grants and loans for construction or 
improvement of public and private higher education academic 
facilities. This legislation was the largest education program 
enacted by Congress since the National Defense Education Act of 
1958, and it was the first broad education bill enacted in the 
post-World War II period that was not tied to national defense.
    In 1964, Johnson signed the Library Services Act (P.L. 88-
269) to make high quality public libraries more accessible to 
both urban and rural residents. The funds made available under 
this Act were used to construct as well as operate libraries, 
and to extend this program to cities as well as rural areas. 
Later that year, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act 
(P.L. 88-352), which among its landmark provisions authorized 
federal authorities to sue for the desegregation of schools and 
to withhold federal funds from education institutions that 
practiced segregation.
    In 1965, President Johnson signed the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act (P.L. 89-10) at the former Junction 
Elementary School in Stonewall, Texas, where he first attended 
school. Sitting beside him as he signed the bill was his first 
teacher, Mrs. Kathryn Deadrich Loney. This legislation was the 
first general aid-to-education program ever adopted by 
Congress, and it provided programs to help educate 
disadvantaged children in urban and rural areas. Later that 
year, he also signed the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329), 
which was the first program approved by the U.S. Congress for 
scholarships to undergraduate students.
    Johnson launched Project Head Start, as an eight-week 
summer program in 1965, to help break the cycle of poverty by 
providing pre-school children from low-income families with a 
comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, 
nutritional, and psychological needs. Recruiting children from 
ages three to school-entry age, Head Start was enthusiastically 
received by education and child development specialists, 
community leaders, and parents across the nation. Currently, 
Head Start continues to serve children and their families each 
year in urban and rural areas in all 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Territories, as well as 
many migrant children.
    In 1966, President Johnson signed the International 
Education Act (P.L. 89-698), which promoted international 
studies at U.S. colleges and universities.
    In 1968, he signed the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act Amendments of 1967 (P.L. 90-247), establishing bilingual 
education programs for non-English speaking children, and 
providing more funds for special education for disabled 
children. Later that year, he also signed the Handicapped 
Children's Early Education Assistance Act (P.L. 90-538), which 
authorized experimental programs for disabled children of pre-
school age.
    After leaving office, Lyndon Johnson continued his 
involvement in education and taught students while he wrote his 
memoirs and pursued other academic endeavors.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson died January 22, 1973.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson will be remembered not only as a 
great President and Member of Congress, but also as a champion 
for education. Thus, it is very appropriate that the 
headquarters building of the Department of Education located at 
400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia be 
designated as the ``Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of 
Education Building''.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section 1 designates the federal building located at 400 
Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the 
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building.

Section 2. References

    Section 2 states any reference in law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue, Southwest, 
District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    In the 108th Congress, Representative Green introduced H.R. 
3462 on November 6, 2003, and it was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure. In the 109th Congress, 
H.R. 4252 was introduced on November 8, 2005, and was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
    On January 19, 2007, Representative Green introduced H.R. 
584 and it was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
    On February 6, 2007, the Subcommittee on Economic 
Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management met in 
open session and recommended H.R. 584 favorably to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by voice vote.
    On February 7, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure met in open session and adopted an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute to H.R. 584 by voice vote. The 
amendment inserted the correct title of the building. The 
Committee ordered the bill, as amended, 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 ordering H.R. 
584 reported. A motion to order H.R. 584, 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)(I) 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 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 objective of this legislation is to 
designate the federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue, 
Southwest, District of Columbia as the Lyndon Baines Johnson 
Department of Education Building.
    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. 584 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                  Washington, DC, February 8, 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 the following bills as ordered reported by the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7, 
2007:
           H.R. 584, a bill to designate the Federal 
        building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in 
        the District of Columbia, as the ``Lyndon Baines 
        Johnson Department of Education Building'';
           H.R. 544, a bill to designate the United 
        States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, 
        New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States 
        Courthouse'';
           H.R. 478, a bill to designate the Federal 
        building and United States courthouse located at 101 
        Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed 
        Federal Building and United States Courthouse'';
           H.R. 430, a bill to designate the United 
        States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman 
        Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Conrad B. 
        Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'';
           H.R. 429, a bill to designate the United 
        States courthouse located at 225 L Cadman Plaza East, 
        Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Hugh L. Carey United 
        States Courthouse'';
          H.R. 399, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, 
        as the ``R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse''; and
          H.R. 342, a bill to designate the United States 
        courthouse located at 555 Independence Street in Cape 
        Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, 
        Sr.'' United States Courthouse.''
    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,
                                           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. 584 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. 584 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. 584 makes no changes in existing law.

                                  
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